Dawn Dugle, Best-Selling Author
Dawn Dugle writes romance books with heart and sass, featuring couples over 40 because it’s never too late to find love between the pages.
She is a recovering journalist who won 67 awards for her storytelling, including an Edward R. Murrow Award. She’s also been nominated for an Emmy.
Since 2009, Dawn has published 34 books, 10 short fiction stories, and 52 creative nonfiction works.
Her 35th book, a Romantasy, will be published in 2027.
Dawn has been an invited keynote or featured presenter at 31 state, regional, and national conventions.
In 2025, she received an Individual Artist Mini-Grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
And she’s currently the Writer in Residence at Panacea Colony Arts in Jackson.
Her books have been known to make people snort-laugh, so maybe put down the drinks while reading.
Dawn has been featured in...
College Sports Communicators National Convention (talking about storytelling)
The Grand Author Takeover
Shameless 2022 Spotlight Author
Book Talk on BookTok
Type Writers Podcast
Livestream Sunday with Books by Adrian
In a Mississippi Minute with Steve Azar (radio show and podcast)
"United Shades of America" with W. Kamau Bell on CNN
databox
Authority Magazine
Startup Savant
USA Today
Austin-American Statesman
Jackson Free Press
TLC (The Learning Channel)
Fox13 - Tampa, Florida
CBS42 - Austin, Texas
WTMJ-4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Redwood News - Eureka, California
Mississippi Public Broadcasting