2 time USA Today Bestselling Author, C.A. King, has received the following Awards/distinctions: Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author category 2017 & 2018 & 2019 Brant News Readers' Choice Award: Best Local Author 2017 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Best Novella/Short Story 2017 Silver medal 2017 SIBA Awards - Best Novella 2017 SIBA Awards - Best New Adult 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction - Supernatural genre 2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Bronze Medal in the Fiction - New Adult genre 2019 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Fiction - Supernatural genre 2019 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Young Adult - Fantasy - Urban genre City of Brantford Featured Artist February 2020 Burlington Post Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020 Toronto Star Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020 Burlington Post Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2021. "Hmmmmmm, Who am I?…Who am I? Silence…chews pencil… Who am I?…Who am I? Hmmmmmm, I am… a daydreamer…a hopeless romantic…an optimistic pessimist…a psychic…a childish adult…an animal lover…an over-emotional wreck…an adventurer…an artistic fool… Aha! I am…A Fiction Writer! Nice to meet you!" About the author! I was diagnosed with clinical depression after the loss of my mother, father and husband within three years of each other; all to cancer. 24/7 in-home care, coupled with the loss I felt, left its mark on my psyche. Depression takes up a lot of my life. Reading and writing are the only things I have found that help (in connection with regular medication), even if only for a short time. To escape to a different world can make a big difference in my mood in real time. To put things in perspective, when I was at my lowest point, I couldn't open mail, talk on the phone, or even drive to the store. Walls of sadness surrounded me. As they closed in, tears would fall. There didn't need to be a reason or trigger. People ask me why I started writing. My answer is simple: I wanted to create a world into which other people with similar problems could escape. I wanted to share the one place that had helped me for many years. I have always said that as long as one person finds a little bit of happiness out of my books, I am, in my opinion, an accomplished author. The same is true for every writer out there. Please don't ever let anyone tell you different. I read books as well as write them and have visited the worlds many different authors have created. Those worlds not only make me feel better, but give me the strength to face real life again. I want to thank everyone who writes - I want them to know they are making a difference. Thank you for reading and writing.