Georgia Beers

Georgia Beers is an American writer of lesbian romance. Her novel Fresh Tracks won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance. ^[1]

Her novels have won 13 of the Golden Crown Literary Society's Goldie Awards, including six awards for romance, two Ann Bannon Popular Choice awards, two awards for non-erotic short story collections, and two awards for erotica.

Personal life

Beers has lived in Rochester, New York her entire life and currently has a miniature Australian Shepherd, Finley. ^[2]

Every year, she volunteers on the programming committee for ImageOut, Rochester, New York's annual LGBTQ film festival. ^[2]

Awards

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2006	Fresh Tracks	Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance	Won	[1]
2007		Goldie Award for Lesbian Romance	Won	[3]
2009	Finding Home	Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance	Nominated	[4]
2010	Outsiders	Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay/Collections (Non-Erotica)	Won	[5]
2011	Starting from Scratch	Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance	Nominated	[6]
		Goldie Award for Traditional Romance	Won	[7]
		Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award	Won	[7]
2012	96 Hours	Goldie Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance	Won	[8]
2013	Slices of Life	Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay Collection	Won	[9]
2015	Olive Oil & White Bread	Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award	Won	[10]
2018	Right Here, Right Now	Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels	Won	[11]
	Blend	Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels	Won	[12] [13]
2021	Hopeless Romantic	Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels	Won	[14]
	All I Want for Christmas	Goldie Award for Fiction Anthologies/Collections	Won	[14]
2024	Dance with Me	Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance	Won	[15]

Publications

Novels

• Turning the Page (2001)
• Thy Neighbor's Wife (2003)
• Fresh Tracks (2006)
• Too Close to Touch (2006)
• Mine (2007)
• Finding Home (2008)
• Starting from Scratch (2010)
• 96 Hours (2011)
• Slices of Life (2012)
• Justice (2013)
• Working Girls #1: Firefighter (2013)
• Olive Oil and White Bread (2014)
• Snow Globe (2014)
• A Little Bit of Spice (2015)
• Zero Visibility (2015)
• Right Here, Right Now (2017)
• What Matters Most (2017)
• Blend (2018)
• Calendar Girl (2018)
• The Shape of You (2018)
• The Do-Over (2019)
• Fear of Falling (2019)
• One Walk in Winter (2019)
• 16 Steps to Forever (2020)
• Flavor of the Month (2020)
• Hopeless Romantic (2020)
• The Secret Poet (2021)

Balance series

• Balance (2014)
• Balance, Episode 2 (2014)

Puppy Love romance series

• Rescued Heart (2016)
• Run To You (2016)
• Dare to Stay (2017)

The Swizzle Stick romance series

• Shaken or Stirred (2021)
• On the Rocks (2021)
• With a Twist (2022)

Short story collections

• Outsiders, with Lynn Ames, J. D. Glass, Susan X. Meagher, and Susan Smith (2010)
• Call of The Wilde and Other Short Stories (2012)
• All I Want for Christmas, with Maggie Cummings and Fiona Riley (2020)

Anthology contributions

• The Milk of Human Kindness, edited by Lori L. Lake (2004)
• Stolen Moments, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2005)
• Extreme Passions, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2006)
• Blue Collar Lesbian Erotica, edited by Pat Cronin and Verda Foster (2008)
• Girls Next Door, edited by Sandy Lowe and Stacia Seaman (2017)

References

1. "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
2. "About". Georgia Beers. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
3. "2007 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
4. Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (2010-02-18). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
5. "2010 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
6. "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
7. "2011 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
8. "2012 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
9. "2013 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
10. "2015 Award Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
11. "2018 Goldie Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
12. "2019 Goldie Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
13. "Winners Announced for 15th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) Awards". PR News Wire. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
14. "2021 Goldie Winners". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
15. "Congratulations 2024 Lammy Award Winners". Lambda Literary . 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-20.