NEWS, Awards & Events
Awards won by Runkle & Webb
2024 Best Independent Book Award -- YA/Tween
11/8/2024: We’re thrilled to announce that The Pirate’s Curse has won the 2024 Best Independent Book Award in the YA/Tween category! This honor celebrates the bold storytelling, unforgettable characters, and magical world readers can’t get enough of. Click on our picture to learn more—and see why this adventure is making waves!
FINALIST in the 2024 AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS in both the Fiction Fantasy and Fiction YA Categories!
11/24/2024: We’re proud to announce that The Pirate’s Curse – Brigands of the Compass Rose is a 2024 American Writing Awards finalist in both Fiction Fantasy and Fiction YA! This double honor highlights the power of our story across genres. Click on our picture to learn more about this exciting recognition and what’s next!
2024 Pencraft Award for Best YA Novel Fantasy-SciFi
1/23/2025: Big news! The Pirate’s Curse has been named the 2024 PenCraft Award winner for Best YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi Novel. This thrilling honor shines a spotlight on our spellbinding mix of pirates, prophecy, and high-stakes adventure. Click on our picture to see what sets our story apart—and why it’s earning critical acclaim!
MeeT tONI AND STEVE!
We love meeting readers face-to-face and hearing how The Pirate’s Curse has swept them away on its wild, magical journey. Whether you’ve followed Bonnie’s adventures from the beginning or are just discovering the world of the Brigands, your thoughts and reactions mean the world to us. Watch this space for the next one!
MoRE ABOUT OUR BOOKS
THE PIRATE'S CURSE: WEIGHT OF SOULS
Our debut novel: GLITTER GIRL
THE PIRATE'S CURSE: BRIGANDS OF THE COMPASS ROSE
"The Adventure Continues! New allies. New enemies. New danger."
THE PIRATE'S CURSE: BRIGANDS OF THE COMPASS ROSE
Our debut novel: GLITTER GIRL
THE PIRATE'S CURSE: BRIGANDS OF THE COMPASS ROSE
"A troubled girl, an ancient curse, the adventure of a lifetime!"
Our debut novel: GLITTER GIRL
Our debut novel: GLITTER GIRL
Our debut novel: GLITTER GIRL
"What would you do if you were offered everything you ever wanted?"