We are excited to announce this year’s winners for the 2020 Soon To Be Famous Illinois Author Project. Our librarian judges from across Illinois scored the finalists to select the authors, in two categories (Adult and YA fiction) below.
Adult Fiction Winner: The Color of Trauma, Hollie Smurthwaite
Young Adult Fiction Winner: The Secret Journal, God Stones Book 1, Otto Schafer
Both of our winners now go on to compete with authors from other states for the coveted Indie Author of the Year award in 2021. Read the full story here. And also learn more about Hollie and Otto, too.
