Thrilled and delighted that my book JANE AUSTEN, TIME TRAVELER has placed as a Finalist in the 17th Annual National Indie Book Awards, in the women’s fiction category! My audacious time-traveling heroine Jane Austen is recognized. Take a bow, girl!
The National Indie Excellence Awards
These awards honor “self and independent publishing excellence. They give awards to books published by mid-size independent presses, university presses, and self-publishing authors.
My book was honored in the Women’s Fiction category. Although it has a fantasy-sci-fi framework, time traveling, this is very much the story of a woman’s emotional journey and personal transformation. It’s also a story of true love.
As one reader commented:
“I have always sympathized with [Austen’s] lonely life. Never married as she refused the only proposal she ever received. Dying so young in her forties. Such a tragedy for the literary world. But this incredible time travel adventure repairs her sad life and projects Jane Austen into a far away future of 2024. Adventurous Jane jumps at the chance to go the future. Like Elizabeth Bennet her courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate her!”
Why Choose Jane Austen?
Jane Austen, the historical person, steered by the polestar of her imagination. She envisioned an improbable life for a woman of her time: best-selling author. Her struggles, both personal and literary, reveal how great was her perseverance in the face of the odds society placed in her way. And yet we have six shining novels, posthumous fame of a kind Jane would scarcely have dreamt.
So of course I had to give her an outing that would reveal to herself these heroic strengths. For more on why I chose Jane Austen to go time traveling into the future, read this article. My audacious time traveling heroine was based on a personality that was a natural for adventure and romance.
I plan to follow Jane on further time travels. Because once she discovers that other talent — timegathering — there’s no stopping Jane Austen. I’m delighted readers are resonating with her journey.
