2025

2025 - Nautilus Book Awards (Silver Medal, Business & Leadership)

2025 - Kirkus positive review

2025 - Andy Awards Finalist (Business & Thought Leadership)

2025 - Axiom Business Book Awards (Gold Medal, Entrepreneurship / Small Business)

2025 - Book Excellence Awards (Winner, Entrepreneurship)

2024

2024 - 2x International Impact Book Awards winner (Best New Nonfiction)

2024 - 2x Goody Business Book Awards winner (for Entrepreneurism and Startups categories)

2024 - #1 Amazon New Release for Authorship Reference (Start With Story)

2024 - NonFiction Book Awards (Gold Medal)

2024 - Lucinda Literary Race to Query, First Place—Fiction

2024 - American Legacy Book Awards Winner (Entrepreneurship category)

2024 - IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards Silver Medalist (Business category)

2024 - Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medalist (Non-Fiction category)

2024 - National Indie Book Awards Finalist (Business Entrepreneurship category)

2024 - Kirkus Starred Review (Top 6 Nonfiction title)

2024 - Publishers Weekly - A-rated review

2024 - Amazon New Release Bestseller (x5)

2023

2023 - Audible #1 in Non-Fiction

2023 - Amazon Bestseller (x3)

2023 - Publishers Weekly - positive review

2023 - Emerald Book Review - highly recommended

2022 and older

2020 - Amazon New Release Bestseller

2019 - Amazon New Release Bestseller (x2)

2018 - Amazon New Release Bestseller

2018 - Stage 32 Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner (Golden Girl)

2012 - Writing team for CalArts-produced opera by composer Charles Underriner IV (Prosper Springs)

2007 - B.A. English Literature, magna cum laude (University of North Texas)

2003 - TETA PlayFest, First Place (What Happened to the Lightning?)

2002 - TETA PlayFest, First Place (The Day Milly Died)