{"id":28359,"date":"2020-12-28T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackchateauenterprises.com\/?p=27449"},"modified":"2020-12-28T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:25:40","slug":"lon-varnadore-keeps-the-2020-irwin-award-for-the-best-science-fiction-series-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackchateauenterprises.com\/lon-varnadore-keeps-the-2020-irwin-award-for-the-best-science-fiction-series-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Lon Varnadore keeps the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>LON VARNADORE SCORES THE 2020 IRWIN AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE-FICTION SERIES <\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><em>The Junker Blues Series<\/em> Honored by The Book Publicists of Southern California<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Immediate Release:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Beach, California<\/strong> \u2013 Long Beach resident and acclaimed author Lon Varnadore is the winner of the <strong>2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series<\/strong> for his <strong>Junker Blues Series<\/strong>. The announcement was made during the <em>26<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Book Publicists of Southern California Awards<\/em>, a virtual event held December 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Book Publicists of Southern California (BPSC) award was introduced in 1995 and is named after Irwin Zucker, a legend in the book publicity and promotions industry, and founder of the BPSC. It considers books of various genres.<\/p>\n<p>Author Lon Varnadore says,\u00a0 \u201cI am thrilled and honored to receive the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series. I\u2019ve always been a fan of science fiction, and getting recognition in the genre I adore makes it even more special. I\u2019d like to thank Irwin Zucker and the competition judges for making me this honor and congratulate the other winners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Junker Blues Series<\/em> is a space opera set against the background of stunningly detailed universes and built around gruff heroes. In <em>Mars<\/em>, the first book in the series, Marcus Redding, a bold \u201cjunkologist\u201d, is forced to flee trouble and flies straight into the crosshairs of the Martian Defense Force\u2019s artillery.\u00a0Crashing hard on the sandstorm-ravaged Red Planet, Marcus fights for survival alongside the mind-penetrating co-pilot he\u2019s still not sure he can trust. In the second book, <em>The Belt<\/em>, Marcus is challenged to use his skills and intuition to navigate not only space, but also threats posed by new acquaintances and old friends.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Junker Blues Series<\/em> is available on Amazon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0844T4VXP\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0\">digital<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Junker-Blues-Belt\/dp\/B08QSGCQV9\/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\">audio<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Junker-Blues-space-opera-adventure\/dp\/B08KJ554CR\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\">paperback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Lon Varnadore: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lon\u00a0Varnadore\u00a0has been dreaming up stories since he was young, but never thought to put pen to paper until one day he was given a writing prompt about two aliens appearing before him. He started to write about going on thrilling space adventurers and has never stopped going on them in his head.<\/p>\n<p>Lon has been a self-published author since 2015 with the sci-fi noir,\u00a0<em>Mostly Human.<\/em>\u00a0He is currently working on more books in his award-winning space opera series,\u00a0<em>Junker Blues<\/em>, a sword-and-planet series called the\u00a0<em>Known World Series<\/em>, and additional\u00a0<em>4Pollack<\/em>\u00a0novels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LON VARNADORE SCORES THE 2020 IRWIN AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE-FICTION SERIES The Junker Blues Series Honored by The Book Publicists of Southern California &nbsp; For Immediate Release: Long Beach, California \u2013 Long Beach resident and acclaimed author Lon Varnadore is the winner of the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series for his &#8230; <a title=\"Lon Varnadore keeps the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series in California\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackchateauenterprises.com\/lon-varnadore-keeps-the-2020-irwin-award-for-the-best-science-fiction-series-in-california\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lon Varnadore keeps the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series in California\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lon Varnadore keeps the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series in California - Black Chateau Enterprises<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackchateauenterprises.com\/lon-varnadore-keeps-the-2020-irwin-award-for-the-best-science-fiction-series-in-california\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lon Varnadore keeps the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series in California - Black Chateau Enterprises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LON VARNADORE SCORES THE 2020 IRWIN AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE-FICTION SERIES The Junker Blues Series Honored by The Book Publicists of Southern California &nbsp; For Immediate Release: Long Beach, California \u2013 Long Beach resident and acclaimed author Lon Varnadore is the winner of the 2020 Irwin Award for the Best Science-Fiction Series for his ... 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