American Book Fest has announced the winners and finalists of The 2024 American Fiction Awards.
Prescott author S.L. Ditmars is a finalist for his debut novel, Big Dogs—Book One in the Big Dogs Series, in the category Mystery/Suspense: Procedurals (Police or Scientific Investigation). In this award-winning story, join Lieutenant JW North and his K9 partners, specially trained human scent-detecting and man-trailing German Shepherds, as they chase serial killers and hunt down the brutal rapist and man who shot North a year ago. This book also won first place in the 2022 Public Safety Writers Association competition.
Winners and finalists were announced in over 70 genre specific categories. Awards were resented for titles published in 2022-2024. American Book Fest covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published.
Winners and finalists of this year’s contest join a prestigious group of past laureates from this family of book awards, including Pope Francis, Amy Tan, Anne Lamott, George Sanders, Julie Andrews, Clive Barker, Vanessa Williams, Shark Tank’s Daymon John, Brad Thor, Kitty Kelley, and many others.
“Thank you to the authors, publishers and other industry professionals that participated in the 2024 American Fiction Awards. American Book Fest is proud to announce the final results of our 7th Annual Fiction Award Program! Congratulations to all of the Winners & Finalists for their much deserved recognition!” —Jeffrey Keen, President & CEO, American Book Fest
Ditmars is a former commander with the Long Beach Police Department in Southern California. His career included positions in patrol, police K9, information technology, homeland security, counterterrorism, and police communications. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife and their German Shepherd rescue, Elsa.
This book and the sequel are available at Amazon.com. For more information, visit his website.
