Enter the world of The Third Estate Secrets of the Manor, an award-winning thriller packed with secrets, danger, and deadly twists.
D.R. Berlin is an award-winning author, U.S. Army veteran, and General Surgeon with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Writing minor from MIT. A graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, her career in high-pressure environments fuels the pulse-pounding suspense and authentic detail in The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor.
Berlin combines her scientific expertise and love of storytelling to deliver a gripping, intricate thriller that keeps readers on edge. Drafted as the unofficial photographer of her children’s sports team, she has been affectionally dubbed the “Mamarazzi.”
Awards Summary
1. Chanticleer International Book Awards 2023 – Finalist Clue Division – Thriller & Suspense Fiction
2. The International Firebird Book Award 2024 – 2nd Quarter – 2nd Place
3. New York Book Festival 2024 – Unpublished Honorable Mention
4. Literary Titan Gold Book Award
5. Books Shelf Book Cover Contest Winner – Readers’ Choice August 2024
6. Outstanding Creator Awards Summer 2024 – Third Place Thriller, Third Place Military Thriller, Honorable Mention: Best Character, Best Supporting Character, Best Villain
7. Hollywood Book Festival 2024 – Unpublished Winner
8. Paris Book Festival 2024 - Unpublished Winner
9. Page Turner Writing Award Finalist 2024
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Page Turner Writing Award Longlist 2024
10. Halloween Book Festival 2024 Runner-Up Wild Card Division
11. American Writing Awards
Finalist Fiction Mystery / Suspense
Finalist Fiction Best Cover Design
12. Literary Global Book Award
Finalist Best Book Cover
Finalist Best Debut Novel
Finalist Thriller / Adventure
Winner – Young Adult
13. New England Book Festival 2024 Winner Unpublished
14. Southern California Book Festival 2024 Honorable Mention General Fiction
15. Atlas of Stories Award
16. Beyond Boundaries Reads Book Award
17. Booknomad Tales Five Stars Award
18. Spotlyts Story Award
19. BREW Seal of Excellence / BREW Readers' Choice Award Shortlist
20. NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner for Fall 2024 – YA
21. “X Marks the Book” Highly Recommended award of Xcellence from Xanadu Boox
22. Digital Book Today – 3rd place suspense
23. Maincrest Media 2024 Book Award Winner
24. Speak up Talk Radio, The International Firebird Book Award – Best Book Trailer, Most likely to inspire a sequel
25. Pencraft Book Award Winner – Winter 2025 Fiction – Thriller - General
Annual Pencraft Best Book Award 2025 Runner Up Fiction Thriller
26. Literary Global 5 stars Gold Award
27. The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist
28. The International Review of Books badge of achievement
29. Indies Today Book Awards 2024 Runner-Up Suspense
30. The Undercover Book Store and Café Top 10 Finalists
31. BREW Readers' Choice Award Book of the Month winner February 2025
32. The Great Northwest Book Festival Winner Unpublished
33. The Great Southwest Book Festival Winner Unpublished
34. The Great Southeast Book Festival Winner Young Adult
35. The Great Midwest Book Festival Winner Unpublished
36. Winter Awards of The Four Seasons Book Awards 2024 Finalist
37. Incipire Book Awards 2024 Entrada Publishing
Winner: Adult Thriller, YA Mystery, YA Thriller
2nd Place: Adult Adventure, Adult Mystery
38. The BookFest 2025 Spring Book Awards
First Place Award
Artistic & Technical - Book Cover - Overall Design, Fiction - Mystery - Thriller, Fiction - Thriller - Suspense
Second Place Award
Fiction - Women's - Thriller & Suspense, Fiction - YA - Mystery & Thrillers, Fiction - YA - Thrillers & Suspense
39. International Impact Book Award Winner – YA Coming of Age Stories April 2025 June 2025 Mystery / Thriller – Action Mystery /Thriller, Young Adult Drama
40. London Book Festival – YA Runner-Up, Honorable Mention General Fiction and Genre Based
41. Maxy Awards Finalist Mystery
42. Independent Author Awards 2025
Winner: Action / Adventure, Contemporary, Fiction South East
Finalists: Book Cover, Debut Fiction, Military Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Young Adult
43. American Legacy Book Awards
Finalist: Adventure: General, Best Cover Design: Adult Fiction, Thriller: General
44. Independent Publisher Book Awards IPPY
3rd place: ebook Mystery / Thriller
45. Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion winner
46. American Fiction Awards
Finalist: Adventure
47. National Indie Excellent Award
Finalist: Action / Adventure, Thriller
48. Beach Book Festival
Runner – Up: YA
49. Regal Summit Book Award – Action / Adventure Winner
50. Global Book Awards – 2nd Place: Suspense / Thrillers, Mystery Action Adventure, Teen and YA Action Adventure, Thrillers - Murder
51. 2025 Storytrade Book Awards
Finalists: Action/Adventure, Military Fiction, Young Adult Adventure
Winner: Young Adult Mystery
52. POTY Book Awards – Longlist, Finalist, Winner, Author of the Year
53. CIPA EVVY™ Awards 2025 - Finalist woman's fiction
54. Readers’ Favorite Book Awards 2025 Gold Winner YA Action
55. Luminary Prize Finalist
56. The Independent Author Network IAN Book Awards 2025 – Winner Suspense, Finalist First Novel, New Adult
57. Author Shout Book Awards top pick
58. Best Thrillers 2025 Finalist
59. BREW Fiction Book Excellence Award – Literary Fiction Book of the Year
60. Shelf Unbound – Long list
61. North American Book Awards 2025 Winner Gold - Fiction General, Fiction Military
62. Best Sellers World Book Award 2025 Winner Gold Young Adult, 3rd place Bronze Mystery / Thriller /Suspense
63. Independent Press Award 2026 Distinguished Favorite Suspense
64. 2025 Persons of the Year Awards (POTY Awards) – Writer / Author
65. Feathered Quill Book Award – Gold Women’s fiction
66. The Florida Book Awards Popular Fiction - Honorable Mention, Young Adult Literature - 2nd place
67. Global ebook Awards – First Place Mystery Fiction, New Adult Fiction, Suspense Fiction, Thriller Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
68. Global ebook Awards – Dan Poynter Legacy Award Best of Fiction Category
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