{"id":4145,"date":"2014-07-21T14:32:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T21:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-author-wins-pnwas-nancy-pearl-award-for-the-secrets-of-casanova\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T22:35:36","slug":"kent-author-wins-pnwas-nancy-pearl-award-for-the-secrets-of-casanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-author-wins-pnwas-nancy-pearl-award-for-the-secrets-of-casanova\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent author wins PNWA’s Nancy Pearl Award for ‘The Secrets of Casanova’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent author Greg Michaels won the 2014 Nancy Pearl Award for Best Traditional Book for “The Secrets of Casanova.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Michaels received the award at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association <\/a>(PNWA) conference on Saturday at the Seattle Airport Hilton<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Issaquah-based PNWA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the creative and professional talents of writers. Michaels received $1,000 in cash prizes and one month of promotion advertising on PNWA and Author magazine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“My toes are still tingling,” Michaels said in an email about winning the award.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The new literary contest is designed to recognize recently published works by PNWA members. Books published in 2013 were eligible. Every entry was judged by two librarians based on story, character and narrative.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“The Secrets of Casanova” is described on Alpha XR<\/a> as:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Loosely based on the life of Jacques Casanova, it is a rich, lush novel of love, sex, family, ambition, intrigue, and adventure. Set in Paris of 1755, Casanova’s luck is fading and his past is shoving up against his present with potentially disastrous consequences. What price must he pay to uncover a treasure of inestimable value? What hearts must he break along the way? Casanova’s will and destiny collide again and again in this riveting historical fiction that brings to light a man of great passion and not a few secrets.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Michaels also is a professional actor and has taught swashbuckling classes for the city of Kent’s recreational program at Kent Commons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more information, go to greg-michaels.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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