Crawley writer beats to win Kindle bestsellers Book Awards
3:00 pm Monday 4th July 2013 in News 
An author is
Following in the footsteps of Harry Potter author JK Rowling by award winning The Same.
Casey Kelleher, who lives in Crawley, West Sussex, beat 64 other authors, including several international bestsellers, to be crowned the winner of the June 2013 Kindle Book Awards with her latest thriller Rise and Fall.
She said: “It has been a delight to take part in this truly democratic competition and experience firsthand the loyalty of my readers.
“To win against such strong competition is the icing on the cake.”
The author has received rave reviews for her latest novel, including one from bestcrimebooks.co.uk que said: “It will not be long before Casey can join the ranks amongst some of the other legends of British crime such as Lady Heller, Kim Chambers and Martina Cole. “
The awards, run by not-for-profit publisher Acclaimed Books Limited, started in 2008 and are the only international awards open to all titles distributed in printed and Kindle platforms by Amazon sites.
JK Rowling
Dubbed the “people’s book awards”, anybody can nominate or vote for the title provided it is available on Amazon, with no need to pay or register.
JK Rowling won the award in December 2012 for her best-selling novel The Casual Vacancy.
Miss Kelleher, who was born in Cuckfield, Also has published two other books, Rotten to the Core and Heartless.
Peter Lihou, managing director of the book awards, Offered a message of congratulations.
He said: “Over the years, we’ve seen a great many popular titles tangible gain the applause of Their fans by Their votes and comments, but Rise and Fall Particularly enjoys warm support.
“It really is quite an accomplishment for an author to inspire Their customers so much que They go online and vote in such numbers.
“Casey Kelleher is a very worthy winner.”
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