Member Spotlight: Juliet Rose Wins Award for New Novel, “DONE.”

Congratulations to DAA-er Juliet Rose for winning Second Place in the 2025 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards in the “Coming of Age” category for her latest novel, Done. Also an accomplished visual artist under the name “Above the Rain Collective”, Juliet returned to her lifelong love of writing after a long hiatus during COVID lockdown and to date has published a phenomenal 11 novels and 1 novella since her debut novel, Do Over, in 2022. Juliet’s work has also deservedly won critical acclaim over the years—garnering the author a whopping 58 total awards across her publications. Juliet has also since started her own independent publishing house, Above the Rain Collective, in an effort to support other independent authors.

Juliet describes her latest novel, Done., as:

When Casey Duncan goes on a search to find his biological father, he has no idea the family secrets he will uncover and the tragedy that started his young life. Struggling with addiction and the need for revenge against an attacker, Casey finds himself lost at every turn, wanting to let go and leave their small beach town behind.

With the help of his best friend, Smith, Casey challenges his existence, attempting to discover where he belongs and who he is outside of drugs. Only by facing his family's past can he understand the emptiness inside himself and find a way to hold on.

Done., as well as Juliet’s other novels, is available on https://www.authorjulietrose.com/ and through local book retailers. Learn more about Juliet’s visual art and publishing house, Above the Rain on Facebook.