Harborough district author celebrates her third award nomination of the year
A Harborough district author is celebrating after receiving her third award nomination of the year.
Adrienne Vaughan, from Burton Overy, has been nominated for the Carousel Aware Prize (CAP) Awards for Independent Authors for her novel Legacy of Secrets.
Legacy of Secrets, described as “an enchanting dual timeline story with a magical twist”, was also chosen as a finalist in the Romantic Novelists Association’s Romantic Novel of the Year award, from more than 500 books entered.
It tells the story of a pilot who disappears on a mission during the Second World War, before the character reappears 70 years later stranded on a beach off the east coast of Ireland.
The CAP Awards aim to promote independently published authors in Ireland, with all proceeds from the awards going to the charity Aware, which focuses on mental health education and support.
Earlier this year, Adrienne’s yet to be published novel Mystery of the Midnight Madonna was shortlisted in the Historical Novel Society’s First Chapter award, an annual international award that this year saw a record 650 books from 22 countries entered.
Adrienne said: “It’s a real honour to be a finalist in any of these awards, and I’m especially pleased with this latest nomination.
“The CAP Awards are very dear to my heart. My anthology Fur Coat and No Knickers was shortlisted in its inaugural year, and Aware is such an important charity, I’m thrilled.”The winners of the awards, now in their tenth year, will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin, where Adrienne was brought up, in October.