The New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, sponsored by the New Mexico Book Co-op, has just announced that Hopscotch Life by Silver City mystery and fantasy author, Kris Neri, is the winner of its Fiction award for 2020.
Hopscotch Life is Neri’s first general fiction novel. She also writes the Tracy Eaton mystery series, and the Samantha Brennan & Annabelle Haggerty magical series, for which she has previously won a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. Neri’s novels have been nominated for such prestigious awards as the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, International Book Award, and Lefty Award. In addition, she teaches writing for the prestigious Writers’ Program of the UCLA Extension School and other organizations, and has worked with countless writers as a writing coach and freelance editor.
In Hopscotch Life, quirky protagonist Plum Tardy feels like she’s living in a country song, after having just lost her job, her house, and her man.
In her usual hopscotch fashion, Plum sets out to find a completely new town and a new man, but even knowing how out-of-synch she is and how oddly she moves through life, Plum could never have predicted the unexpected way that her past would collide with her present. Will her offbeat approach save her, or land her in behind bars in hopscotch hell?
Here’s what bestselling authors are saying about Hopscotch Life
- “Hopscotch Life is an utterly charming contemporary fairy tale for adults. If you've ever faced the homely monster of self-doubt, you'll gladly worry about and cheer for good-natured protagonist Plum Tardy on her quirky quest for self-belief.”
— Beate Sigriddaughter, author of Dancing in Santa Fe and other poems - “With a bevy of fun secondary characters, enough sparkling dialogue to fill a dozen champagne flutes, and just enough charming humor to keep Plum’s plight from breaking our hearts entirely, Neri finally walks her heroine through the execution of a plot twist worthy of Danny Ocean...oh, yes, utterly satisfying. Hopscotch Life is fun, charming, and rich in emotion.”
— Sally J. Smith, USA Today Bestselling Author - “Showcasing a genuine flair for originality and the kind of deftly crafted narrative storytelling that keeps the fully engaged attention of the reader from first page to last, Hopscotch Life by novelist Kris Neri will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”
— Midwest Book Review
Hopscotch Life is published by Cherokee McGhee and is available through all online sellers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1937556123/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
For more information about Kris Neri and her books, go to www.krisneri.com or email
krisneri@gmail.com.