Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness won a 2025 Discovery Award for Women's Issues, Fiction

Wow, this was such a beautiful surprise. Thank you so much to the judges at the IndieReade rDiscovery Awards, my Guernica Editions short story collection Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness, won an award in the category of Women’s Issues, Fiction. I’m really honoured.

I’ve been so grateful for the way this book has been received, from thoughtful, detailed reviews to amazing reader responses and support from other writers. Thank you so much to everyone with all my heart for their enthusiasm and support. Thank you so much to Michael Mirolla my amazing editor and publisher, Anna van Valkenburg crystal fletcher and the whole Guernica Editions team for being the greatest. And thank you so much to Heather Wood for the amazing publicity, enthusiasm, support and friendship. I feel really lucky 💗💗💗