J.D.R. Hawkins is an award-winning author who has written for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, e-zines, and blogs. She is one of only a few female Civil War authors, and uniquely describes the front lines from a Confederate perspective. Her Renegade Series includes A Beautiful Glittering Lie, winner of the John Esten Cooke Fiction Award and the B.R.A.G. Medallion, A Beckoning Hellfire, which is also an award winner, and A Rebel Among Us, recipient of the 2017 John Esten Cooke Fiction Award. These books tell the story of a family from north Alabama who experience immeasurable pain when their lives are dramatically changed by the war. Her nonfiction book, Horses in Gray: Famous Confederate Warhorses, has recently been published. She is currently working on another sequel for the Renegade Series. Ms. Hawkins is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the International Women's Writing Guild, Pikes Peak Writers, and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. She is also an artist and singer/songwriter. Learn more about her at http://jdrhawkins.com.
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My new nonfiction book has been published.https://www.wattpad.com/story/115185314
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Stories by J.D.R. Hawkins
A Becharmed Callie Christmas: A Story of the Civil War by jdrhawkins
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Christmas comes but once a year... but will it be different this Christmas? Callie Mae Copeland is the only c...
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A Beautiful Glittering Lie: A Novel of the Civil War by jdrhawkins
A Beautiful Glittering Lie: A Nove...
In the spring of 1861, a country once united is fractured by war. Half of America fights for the Confederate...
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Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction by jdrhawkins
Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Rec...
The Civil War has ended. Confederate cavalryman, David Summers, returns home to Alabama, taking his new wife...
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