ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dana Summers is a Massachusetts native, who grew up in the northeast, Dana attended the Art Institute of Boston. Dana is a syndicated cartoonist for forty years; his comic strips include ‘The Middletons’ and ‘Bound & Gagged’ and award-winning editorial cartoons.

“Don’t think you can sit down and write a novel without a bit of education. I wasted years thinking I could do this on my own. If you don’t persevere, you’ll never make it. So don’t give up.”

AWARDS

Drawn and Buried 

• Freddie Award for best hard boiled mystery Sleuthfest Mystery Writers of America
• First place Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel. Florida Writers Association

Dark and the Dead 

• Finalist Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel

Downhill Fast

• First place Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel
• First place Award for best thriller
• And unpublished book of the year
• Royal Palm Awards Florida Writers Association.

Hell’s Heart

• Firebird Book Award for best thriller
• Finalist in the International Clue Awards
• Winner of the Titan Gold Book Award  thriller category.

Simon Crumb and the Ghost of Blaine Street

• Winner best Middle Grade book Royal Palm Awards

Dana J. Summers is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. He also writes and draws two nationally and internationally syndicated comic strips, ‘Bound & Gagged’ and ‘The Middletons’. He lives in Orlando with his wife Mary Jane and his dog, Gracie.