NYC Big Book Award 2024
Book II
Distinguished Favorite Historical Fiction
The Historical Fiction Company awarded The Dream Collector, Book I, the Gold Medal for Historical Fiction and Silver Medal for Literary Fiction and the runner-up for Best Historical Fiction Novel of 2022. The Historical Fiction Company, remarked: The Dream Collector by R.w. Meek is an extraordinary book and achievement and it has been this reviewer's honor and privilege to read it! This book is deserving of recognition and success, and is very highly recommended.' For Full Review click here. In 2023 The Historical Fiction Company awarded The Dream Collector, Book II a Bronze Medal for Literary Fiction and noted "...tribute needs to be paid to the obvious and clear literary skills of the author and to his ability to invoke the people and the age he so evidently adores in these two ambitious books!" For Full Review click here. |
Author's Bio
R.w. Meek has an MA degree in Art History from the American University in Washington, D.C. His areas of expertise are Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, with a particular interest in Vincent van Gogh. He interned at the National Museum of American Art and conducted tours at the National Gallery of Art. His favorite animal is the Wyoming Mountain Goat, closest
to the unicorn.
Born in Baltimore, the author presently resides in Santa Clarita, California.