News & Awards
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Unstoppable: selected for the RCYRBA 2015 master list!
Tim’s novel, Unstoppable, has just been selected for the 2015 Master List! The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award is an annual award given to the author of the book voted most outstanding by students in grades four through eight in participating Illinois schools. The award is named in honor of Rebecca Caudill who lived […]
North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee
Tim’s novel, Unstoppable, was nominated for this award in 2013. Each year students nominate titles to be included in a middle school and high school nominee list. As a member of this select list, Unstoppable will be read by students across the state. Students will then participate in the award’s selection by voting on their […]
IRA Middle Grade Choices Award 2009 Nominee
Tim’s novel, Football Genius, was nominated for this award in 2009. The International Reading Association Children’s and Middle Grades’ Book Awards is intended for newly published authors who show unusual promise in the children’s and middle grades’ book field. Awards are given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three categories: primary, intermediate, and middle […]
2013 Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Nominee
Tim’s novel, Baseball Great, has been nominated for the 2013 award. The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 4-8 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), the Nutmeg Committee […]
CBC Children’s Choices List Nominee
Tim’s novel, Football Champ, was nominated for this award in 2010. The Children’s Book Council Children’s Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens of all ages.