Orlando Ortega-Medina
Orlando Ortega-Medina was born in Los Angeles to immigrants from Cuba. He studied English Literature at UCLA and has a Juris Doctor law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. At university, he won the National Society of Arts and Letters Award for Short...
Richard Stevenson
RICHARD STEVENSON is the pseudonym of Richard Lipez, author of 18 books, including the Don Strachey Private Eye series. A former editorial writer at The Berkshire Eagle, Lipez reviews mysteries and thrillers for The Washington Post. His reporting, reviews, and...
Monique Jenkinson
MONIQUE JENKINSON is an artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Lauded for a “campy, intellectual juxtaposition of pop culture and high art,” her work considers the performance of femininity as a powerful, vulnerable, and subversive act. She made “herstory” as...
Bywater Books Brings Home Gold(ies)
Bywater Books is pleased to announce that four of our titles have been awarded 2020 Golden Crown Literary Society Goldie Awards. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction Thorn by Anna Burke Mystery/Thriller Fiction Galileo by Ann McMan Contemporary Romance/Mid-Length Fiction The Song...
Thorn Named INDIES LGBTQ+ Book of the Year
Bywater Books is pleased to announce that Thorn by Anna Burke has been named the 2019 Foreword Reviews INDIES LGBT+ Adult Fiction Book of the Year. Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES...