Alexandrea Weis
Alexandrea Weis, RN-CS, PhD, is an award-winning author, screenwriter, advanced practice registered nurse, and historian who was born and raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans. She has taught at major universities and worked as a nurse dealing with victims of sexual assault, abuse, and mental illness in a clinical setting at New Orleans area hospitals.
Having grown up in the motion picture industry as the daughter of a director, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective. Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story moving and memorable. The first person to give her writing advice was Tennessee Williams, a family friend.
Weis is a member of the International Thriller Writers (ITW), Horror Writers Association (HWA), and Historical Writers of America (HWA). She lives with her husband outside of New Orleans where she is a permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries and rescues orphaned and injured animals.
Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
Gold Medal Winner: Best Southern Gothic
Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Gold Medal Winner: Best Horror Novel
(River of Ashes)
Finalist: Best Horror Novel
(River of Wrath)
Dragon Awards Nominee
Best Illustrative Cover—Artist: Sam Shearon
International Book Awards
Gold Medal: Horror
Readers' Favorite
Silver Medal: Horror
Shelf Unbound Best Book Award
Notable 100 Book
Best Thriller Book Awards
Horror Novel of the Year
Pencraft Awards for Literary Excellence
Two-time Winner 1st Place Fiction: Horror
the Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Silver Medal: Books for Adults (Fiction)
Finalist: Best Book Cover
NYC Big Book Award
Gold Medal: Horror
The Eric Hoffer Award
Grand Prize Short List
Honorable Mention: Commercial Fiction
The da Vinci Eye—Finalist
The Montaigne Medal—Finalist
Black Château’s The BookFest Award
Presented by the Horror Writers Association
1st Place: Gothic Fiction
1st Place: Horror—Psychological Fiction
1st Place: Horror—Ghosts & Paranormal
1st Place: Mystery—Murder & Crime
2nd Place: Thriller—Suspense Fiction
National Indie Excellence Awards
Gold Medal: Horror
Gold Medal: Thriller
Kindle Book Awards
Semifinalist: Horror/Suspense
Finalist: Cover
Los Angeles Book Festival
Honorable Mention: Genre Based
Honorable Mention: Wild Card
The Multi Award-Winning Death by the River
Death by the River (10/2018)
- 2019 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Young Adult Fiction—Horror / Mystery
- 2019 International Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Young Adult Fiction
- 2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition, Finalist
- 2019 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Bronze Medal Winner: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Horror
- 2019 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, Finalist: Young Adult Fiction
- 2019 Readers' Favorite Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Fiction — Social Issues
- 2019 New York City Big Book Award, Distinguished Favorite (Silver): New Adult
- 2019 Kindle Book Awards, Finalist: Mystery / Thriller Top 5
- 2019 Clue Book Awards, Semifinalist: Suspense and Thriller Fiction
- 2019 Somerset Book Awards, Semifinalist: Contemporary and Literary Fiction
- 2018 Best Book Awards, Finalist: Fiction—Young Adult
The Multi Award-Winning Magnus Blackwell Series
Magnus Blackwell Series AWARDS
Blackwell (1/2017)
- 2019 New York City Big Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner—Cross Genre
- 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Mystery
- 2018 American Fiction Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Horror — Supernatural/Paranormal
- 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards , Silver Medal Winner: Adult Fiction
- 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist: Series
- 2019 Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Awards, Semi-Finalist
- 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Contest, Quarter-Finalist
- 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards, Finalist: Suspense
- 2019 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Fiction — Intrigue
- 2017 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Awards, Bronze Medal Winner: Horror
- 2018 Hollywood Book Festival,00194b Honorable Mention: Wild Card
- 2017 Readers' Favorite Book Awards, Honorable Mention: Fiction — Supernatural
- 2017 International Book Awards, Finalist
Damned (10/2017)
- 2019 Chanticleer Somerset Awards, Semi-Finalist: Contemporary and Literary Fiction
- 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist: Series
- 2018 Readers' Favorite, Finalist: Fiction — Paranormal
- 2017 Best Book Awards, Finalist: Horror
Bound (4/2018)
- 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist: Series
Seize (3/2019)
- 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist: Series
- 2019 Readers' Favorite, Bronze Medal Winner: Fiction — Magic
Awards
Realm (5/2019)
- 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Bronze Medal Winner: Women’s Fiction
- 2020 Literary Titan Book Awards, Silver Medal Winner
- 2020 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY), Bronze Medal Winner: Military and Wartime Fiction
- 2020 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Finalist: Action/Adventure
- 2020 Independent Authors Network Awards, Finalist: Action/Adventure
- 2019 New York City Big Book Award, Distinguished Favorite (Silver): Military History
- 2019 Readers' Favorite Awards, Honorable Mention: Fiction — Adventure
- 2019 International Book Awards, Finalist — Historical Fiction
- 2019 Chaucer Book Awards, Finalist: Historical Fiction—Pre-1750s
The Secret Brokers (4/2020)
- 2020 International Book Awards, Finalist: Thriller/Adventure
- 2020 New York City Big Book Awards, Distinguished Favorite (Silver): Suspense
- 2020 Independent Authors Network Awards, Finalist: Mystery/Suspense
- 2021 Kops-Feathering International Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Fiction—Action/Thriller
Sisters of the Moon (9/2020)
- 2020 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition, Finalist
- 2021 Kops-Feathering International Book Awards, Silver Medal Winner: Fiction—Teen/Young Adult
- 2021 Short Story Books Awards, Finalist
- 2021 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Finalist: Novella
The Christmas Spirit (11/2020)
- 2021 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Romance
- 2021 BestsellersWorld Award for Best Romance
- 2021 Book Excellence Awards, Gold Medal Winner: Holiday
- 2021 Kops-Feathering International Book Awards, Silver Medal Winner: Fiction—Romance
- 2021 Chatelaine Books Awards, First Place: Romance
- 2021 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Finalist: Paranormal
The Ghosts of Rue Dumaine
- Honorable Mention 2014 InD’Tale Magazine RONE Awards Paranormal
- Honorable Mention BTS Red Carpet Awards Paranormal
