Welcome Tawni Waters

Tawni Water’s debut novel, Beauty of the Broken (Simon & Schuster) won the prestigious International Literacy Association’s Award for Young Adult Literature, the Housatonic Book Award, was named an exceptional book of 2015 by the Children’s Book Council, was shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award, and was included on the Kansas State Reading Circle List. It was adapted for the stage and performed by Sacramento’s Now Here This and is being adapted for the screen. Her second novel, The Long Ride Home, was released by Sourcebooks Fire in September 2017 to glowing reviews, including being heralded as one of the best New Adult books of the season by Kirkus Books. She is the author of two poetry collections: Siren Song (Burlesque Press) and So Speak the Stars (Texture Press). Her work has been anthologized in Best Travel Writing 2010, The Soul of a Great Traveler, and Monday Nights and has received numerous awards, as well as being featured in myriad journals and magazines. She travels full time, writing and teaching at various retreats, conferences, and universities throughout the U.S., Europe, and Mexico.