Déjà View Won The Firebird Book Award in the Category of Coming of Age!
I’m excited to share the news that Déjà View won its first award: The 2024 Firebird Book Award in the category of Coming of Age. This was actually the first award I submitted for months ago. Danger Peak also won this award in 2022, but it was for the category of Magical Realism. Coming of Age is a much broader category than Magical Realism. Everyone is aware of the coming-of-age genre (I suppose because we’ve all “come of age”), but most people, especially those not familiar with the literary world, have never even heard of magical realism, so I was especially proud to win this honor. Also, it’s almost a given that an author is going to be recognized for his or her debut novel. After all, you have your entire life to write it. But it’s another accomplishment entirely to be rewarded for your second novel. Apparently, I have more things to say.
I’ve explained what The Firebird Book Awards are before on this blog, but it bears repeating. They are presented by Speak Up Talk Radio. These awards support women and children in long-term shelters. As their website states:
The firebird is known as a magical helper and is believed to drop pearls from its beak when passing over peasant villages, to give the poor something to trade for food and other necessities. We hope, in some small way, that we too can help others via the donation aspect of these book awards.
Once again, I’m honored to support this noble cause—and it doesn’t hurt getting a little literary recognition as well. 
You can see the full list of winners at the below link:
Firebird Book Award WinnersAnd I’ve already updated the Déjà View homepage with the award seal here:
Déjà View HomepageThis blog was just a quick update, but my next one will be at the same Perone time, same Perone channel (i.e., Thursday afternoon on this website).
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P.S.: Next blog: An Open Letter to My Sixth Grade Teacher
P.P.S.: Déjà View is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:
AmazonBarnes & Noble
