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Press Kit

SHORT BIO:

 

C.W. Allen (she/her) is a Midwestern transplant to rural Utah, where she serves on the board of the League of Utah Writers. She writes fantasy novels for tweens, picture books for children, and short stories and poems for former children. Keep up with her latest projects at cwallenbooks.com.

LONG BIO:

C.W. Allen (she/her) is a Midwestern transplant to Utah's West Desert, where she serves on the board of the League of Utah Writers. She writes fantasy novels for tweens, picture books for children, and short stories and poems for former children. She is also a frequent guest presenter at writing conferences and club meetings, which helps her procrastinate knuckling down to any actual writing.

Her debut novel Relatively Normal Secrets, a middle grade speculative mystery, was published by Cinnabar Moth Publishing in 2021. Relatively Normal Secrets is the winner of the 2022 Gold Quill award, being named the best 2021 children's book by a Utah author, and was NetGalley's most popular children's audiobook of 2022. The Falinnheim Chronicles series continues with The Secret Benefits of Invisibility (2022) and Tales of the Forgotten Founders (2023). Keep up with her latest projects at cwallenbooks.com.

APPEARANCES AND INTERVIEWS

 

To invite C.W. Allen to speak at schools, writing conferences, and conventions, or arrange an interview for podcasts, blogs, or media articles, please contact her at cwallenbooks@gmail.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwallenbooks

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwallenbooks

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2983485.C_W_Allen

Website: https://www.cwallenbooks.com

Newsletter sign up: https://www.cwallenbooks.com/contact

MEDIA LINKS

 

Relatively Normal Secrets book talk video for students
The Secret Benefits of Invisibility book talk video for students

Relatively Normal Secrets Gold Quill Award press release

Relatively Normal Secrets NetGalley category win press release
Audio Interview on The Writers Triangle (September 3, 2021)

Print Interview by The Avid Reader (September 15, 2021)

Guest article "The Perks of Writing Holidays" (November 7, 2021)

Audio Interview on The Writers Triangle (June 5, 2022)

Print Interview with author Deborah-Zenha Adams (June 8, 2022)

Guest article "Writing Middle Grade: The Power of In-Between" (June 14, 2022)

Print Interview by Books in the Hall (June 15, 2022)

Video Interview on E Train Talks (June 15, 2022)

Guest article "Create Your Own Masterclass: Reading with a Student's Eye" (June 17, 2022)
Print Interview by Bonnie Reads and Writes (September 16, 2022)

PUBLISHED WORKS

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Novels

              Awards: Gold Quill Award winner, Eric Hoffer Award middle reader runner up, First Horizons award finalist, 

          Whitney Award nominee, Cybils Award nominee, Readers' Favorite starred review

  • The Secret Benefits of Invisibility (Cinnabar Moth Publishing, 2022)  buy link  blurb and cover art
         Awards: Whitney Award nominee, Cybils Award nominee

  • Tales of the Forgotten Founders (Cinnabar Moth Publishing, expected publication summer 2023)

     

Contributor

  • Body Be Gone anthology: "Mum's the Word" (Tesseray Publishing, 2020)  read free online
         Awards: Body Be Gone grand prize winner

  • Inkpot literary journal: "The Raven's Way" (2021)  read free online

  • Anthology of Hope: "Lullaby for the Weary Grown" (Glass Spider Publishing, 2021)  buy link
          Awards: Bronze Quill Award winner

  • Strong at Broken Places anthology: "Saturday Magic" (LUW Press, 2021)  buy link

  • Red Rocks in My Socks anthology: "Rules for Hunting Jackalopes" (OdieGroup Press, 2021)  buy link

  • Art and Sedition anthology: "All in a Day's Work" (LUW Press, 2022)  buy link

  • Ancestry Data Conglomerate anthology: "The Platinum Option" (FIGID Press, 2022)   buy link

Photos

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