Winner, 2015 LYRA Award
Winner, 2015 CIPA EVVY Award
Winner, 2016 Readers' Favourite Award
Winner, 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award
Winner, 2016 Audible Best Fantasy Audiobook
Runner-up, 2016 IPPY Awards, and Great Midwest Book Festival
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy and Coming of Age
Audible #1 Best Seller in Epic Fantasy
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Have you ever wished you could capture a moment, but not just the moment, the feeling that made the moment what it was?
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About Dawn of WonderHave you ever wished you could capture a moment, but not just the moment, the feeling that made the moment what it was?
Dawn of Wonder was written to be an epic adventure and a far-reaching tale of mystery and love, but I wanted it to be more than that, I wanted to capture something I couldn't quite define.
About Dawn of Wonder
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