Georgia Beers
{{short description|American writer}}
Georgia Beers is an American writer of lesbian romance. Her novel Fresh Tracks won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance.{{Cite web|date=2006-04-30|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}
Her novels have won 13 of the Golden Crown Literary Society's Goldie Awards, including six awards for romance, two Ann Bannon Popular Choice awards, two awards for non-erotic short story collections, and two awards for erotica.
Personal life
Beers has lived in Rochester, New York her entire life and currently has a miniature Australian Shepherd, Finley.{{Cite web|date=2012-10-27|title=About|url=https://georgiabeers.com/about/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Georgia Beers|language=en-US}}
Every year, she volunteers on the programming committee for ImageOut, Rochester, New York's annual LGBTQ film festival.
Awards
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! Year ! Title ! Award ! Result ! Ref. |
| 2006
| rowspan="2" |Fresh Tracks |Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} |
|---|
| 2007
|Goldie Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} |
| 2009
|Finding Home |Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{nom}} |
| 2010
|Outsiders |Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay/Collections (Non-Erotica) | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3" |2011
| rowspan="3" |Starting from Scratch | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{nom}} |
| Goldie Award for Traditional Romance
| {{won}} |
| Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award
| {{won}} |
| 2012
|96 Hours |Goldie Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | {{won}} |
| 2013
|Slices of Life |Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay Collection | {{won}} |
| 2015
|Olive Oil & White Bread |Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Right Here, Right Now |Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |
| Blend
|Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |{{Cite web|title=2019 Goldie Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/AWARDS-2019-Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-07-15|title=Winners Announced for 15th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) Awards|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/winners-announced-for-15th-annual-golden-crown-literary-society-gcls-awards-300884535.html|access-date=2022-01-29|website=PR News Wire|language=en}} |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Hopeless Romantic |Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |
| All I Want for Christmas
|Goldie Award for Fiction Anthologies/Collections | {{won}} |
| 2024
| Dance with Me | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} | {{cite web |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2024-winners/ |title=Congratulations 2024 Lammy Award Winners |work=Lambda Literary |date=2024-06-11 |access-date=2024-06-20 }} |
Publications
= Novels =
- Turning the Page (2001)
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (2003)
- Fresh Tracks (2006)
- Too Close to Touch (2006)
- Mine (2007)
- Finding Home (2008)
- Starting from Scratch (2010)
- 96 Hours (2011)
- Slices of Life (2012)
- Justice (2013)
- Working Girls #1: Firefighter (2013)
- Olive Oil and White Bread (2014)
- Snow Globe (2014)
- A Little Bit of Spice (2015)
- Zero Visibility (2015)
- Right Here, Right Now (2017)
- What Matters Most (2017)
- Blend (2018)
- Calendar Girl (2018)
- The Shape of You (2018)
- The Do-Over (2019)
- Fear of Falling (2019)
- One Walk in Winter (2019)
- 16 Steps to Forever (2020)
- Flavor of the Month (2020)
- Hopeless Romantic (2020)
- The Secret Poet (2021)
= ''Balance'' series =
- Balance (2014)
- Balance, Episode 2 (2014)
= ''Puppy Love'' romance series =
- Rescued Heart (2016)
- Run To You (2016)
- Dare to Stay (2017)
= The Swizzle Stick romance series =
- Shaken or Stirred (2021)
- On the Rocks (2021)
- With a Twist (2022)
= Short story collections =
- Outsiders, with Lynn Ames, J. D. Glass, Susan X. Meagher, and Susan Smith (2010)
- Call of The Wilde and Other Short Stories (2012)
- All I Want for Christmas, with Maggie Cummings and Fiona Riley (2020)
= Anthology contributions =
- The Milk of Human Kindness, edited by Lori L. Lake (2004)
- Stolen Moments, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2005)
- Extreme Passions, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2006)
- Blue Collar Lesbian Erotica, edited by Pat Cronin and Verda Foster (2008)
- Girls Next Door, edited by Sandy Lowe and Stacia Seaman (2017)
References
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Category:American lesbian writers
Category:Writers from Rochester, New York
Category:Lambda Literary Award winners
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:Novelists from New York (state)