Zach Fortier

2013 Readers Favorite Bronze medal winner

2014 Readers Favorite Gold and Silver medal winner

Finalist in 2014 Chanticleer Book awards contest

2015 IPPY Bronze Medal winner

2015 semi finalist Kindle Book Awards (X2)

2015 Finalist in the IAN book awards (X2)

2015 Readers Favorite Bronze medal winner

2015 Readers Favorite Finalist true crime/non fiction(x2)

2015 Finalist Kindle Book Awards

2015 Finalist USA Today book awards (x3)

2015 Finalist Chanticleer Clue book awards(x3)

2015 First place award in the Chanticleer Clue book awards contest in true crime.

2015 Winner of the Book Pipeline contest.

2016 Winner of the NIEA book awards in African American non fiction

2016 Finalist Kindle Book awards

2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner in suspense genre.

2017 Finalist in the NIEA Book Awards in Suspense genre

Finalist in Biography General in the 2017 American Book Fest International book awards

Finalist 2017 Kindle Book awards

Short List 2017 Chanticleer Clue awards.

Bronze medal in the 2017 Readers Favorite Book contest in Suspense genre

Awarded Silver medal in the 2018 eLit Book Awards contest in the Mystery/thriller genre Finalist in Biography genre in the 2018 Book Excellence awards contest.

Bronze medal in the 2018 Readers Favorite Book contest in Thriller genre

Semi finalist for 2018 Chanticleer Clue awards

Solo medal winner of the 2018 New Apple Book awards contest in the Psychological Thriller category.

Solo medal winner in the 2019 Book Excellence book award contest in the suspense genre .

Bronze medal winner in the 2019 Readers Favorite international book awards contest in the fiction-suspense genre

Named as an Official Selection in the 2019 New Apple Summer E book awards contest in the Psychological Suspense genre

First Place winner in the 2019 Top Shelf book awards contest.

Winner of the 2020 Book Excellence book awards contest in Sci Fi Genre

Awarded 1st place in Chanticleer's 2020 Cygnus book awards contest for Science Fiction

Zach Fortier was a police officer for over thirty years specializing in K-9, SWAT, gangs, domestic violence, and sex crimes as an investigator. He has written several books about his life in police work. CurbChek won the bronze medal for True Crime in the 2013 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards. Street Creds and Curbchek Reload won a gold and silver medal respectively for True Crime in the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards. His other works are Hero To Zero, which details the incredibly talented cops that he worked with that ended up going down in flames, some ended up in prison and one on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. Landed on Black described the toxic culture of the police department and streets, ultimately leading to the realization that Zach has been diagnosed with PTSD. I am Raymond Washington is the only authorized biography of the original founder of the Crips and has been awarded bronze medals in 2015 by both IPPY and Readers Favorite International book awards. Baroota: The Hunting Ground is Zach’s first fictional work, and is the start of this series, followed by Cachibache, Izadi and Chakana. All books in the Director's Series are award winning. If you are looking for gritty, true crime stories, be sure to check out all of Zach Fortier’s novels. Zach currently lives in the mountains of Colorado, with his wife Christina.

www.zachfortier.com

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