Los Angeles Novelist Awarded The Garcia Prize for Best Fiction Book of the Year: Kate Danley wins prestigious honor for her debut novel, The Woodcutter
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LOS ANGELES, CA. – Los Angeles novelist Kate Danley has been awarded The Garcia Prize for her debut novel, The Woodcutter. An annual award presented in conjunction with the national Reader Views Book Awards, The Garcia Prize is awarded to the best fiction book of the year.
An inventive and extraordinary fantasy/mystery novel, The Woodcutter (CreateSpace, Paperback: ISBN – 1-453876-14-6, 344 pages, 5” x 8’, $12.99. eBook: B0046LU7MA, $2.99) is now available nationwide.
In The Woodcutter, Cinderella is dead and one of Odin’s hellhounds has gone rogue. The Woodcutter, protector of peace between the Twelve Kingdoms of Man and the Realm of Faerie, is charged with finding the beast and returning him to the Wild Hunt. Unfortunately, it seems the forces of evil have other plans.
Leaving his beloved wife and the comforts of his quiet home, the Woodcutter shoulders his ax and begins a journey to set things right. Instead, he finds a pixie dust trade raging out of control and a power hungry Wicked Queen who will stop at nothing to take over the world. The lives of Snow White, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood are at stake in this dark, fairytale mash-up—and the Woodcutter is the only one who can help them.
It is a race against time as the Woodcutter travels east of the sun and west of the moon, up beanstalks and down to the bowels of the earth to unravel a mystery that can only be described as Grimm.
Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views commented, “In The Woodcutter, Kate Danley skillfully weaves her story around well-know fairy tales, bringing in characters that readers can relate to. Through her adept writing, she conveys fantasy and mystery making this book a definite page-turner."
The Reader Views Awards is an annual literary awards program that recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Founded in 2005, Reader Views (Click here ) is based in Austin, Texas.
Kate Danley is twenty year veteran of stage and screen. A Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts, Kate graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in theatre from Towson University. Her plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and the Washington, DC/Baltimore area. An award-winning playwright, Kate’s screenplay Fairy Blood won 1st Place in the Breckenridge Festival of Film Screenwriting Competition in the Action/Adventure Category and her screenplay American Privateer was a 2nd Round Choice in the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition. She authored the short films Dog Days, Sock Zombie, SuperPout, and Sports Scents, which screened at festivals and on the internet. She is an active member of the famous Acme Comedy Theater in Hollywood and can be seen performing original sketch and improv there on almost any given weekend. Her sketch troupe was an official selection of the LA Comedy Festival. Kate’s stand-up credits include The Comedy Store, The Ice House, and the Comedy Union. Kate Danley lives in the Los Angeles area, Visit Kate Danley on the web at: Click here.
Members of the news media wishing to request additional information, or a review copy of The Woodcutter are kindly asked to contact Maryglenn McCombs.
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