Retreat from the Precipice, my latest novel, won the Historical Fiction Category(1900’s) in the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The awards presentation took place at the Notary Hotel in Philadelphia in June, 2025.
This award was followed by a Grand Prize Overall for the same book in the 2025 Arizona Authors Association with that award ceremony taking place in Phoenix in November, 2025.
Are there any other 85 year old writers out there whose books have won two prestigious awards in the same year? I would love to hear from you so we can trade stories of late blooming success!

