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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.” Check out her website at https://drberlinauthor.com to learn more.

Awards
“X Marks the Book” Highly Recommended award from Xanadu Boox

Book Nerdection Must Read

BookNomad Tales 5 stars

Bookview Review 5 stars BREW seal of excellence

Chanticleer Book Awards 5 stars review

Literary Global 5 stars Gold Award

Literary Titan 5 stars

Maincrest Media Seal of Approval

Readers' Favorite 5 stars

The International Review of Books Gold Badge of Achievement

Atlas of Stories Award 

Beyond Boundaries Reads Book Award 

Booknomad Tales Five Stars Award  

Spotlyts Story Award  

Maincrest Media 2024 Book Award Winner

The International Review of Books badge of achievement
 
NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner for Fall 2024 – YA

BREW Awards
BREW Seal of Excellence 
BREW Readers' Choice Award
BREW Readers' Choice Award Book of the Month winner February 2025

Winner
Books Shelf Book Cover Contest Winner 
Readers’ Choice August 2024

Literary Global Book Award
Winner -
Young Adult
Finalist
Best Book Cover Finalist Best Debut Novel Finalist Thriller / Adventure  

International Impact Book Award Winner
YA Coming of Age Stories April 2025

Incipire Book Awards 2024 Entrada Publishing 
Winner:
Adult Thriller, YA Mystery, YA Thriller                                                              2nd Place:
Adult Adventure, Adult Mystery 

The BookFest 2025 Spring Book Awards
Winner:
Artistic & Technical - Book Cover - Overall Design, Fiction - Mystery - Thriller, Fiction - Thriller - Suspense
Second Place:
Fiction - Women's - Thriller & Suspense, Fiction - YA - Mystery & Thrillers, Fiction - YA - Thrillers & Suspense

Pencraft Book Award Winner 
Winter 2025 Fiction – Thriller - General

Speak up Talk Radio, The International Firebird Book Award 
Winner –
Best Book Trailer,   Most likely to inspire a sequel and 
2024 – 2nd Quarter – 2nd Place


Finalist
Chanticleer International Book Awards 2023

Finalist Clue Division –
Thriller & Suspense Fiction

The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist

The Undercover Book Store and Café 
Top 10 Finalists

The Four Seasons Book Awards Winter 2024
Finalist

Maxy Awards 
Finalist Mystery

Page Turner Writing Award 
Finalist 2024

Page Turner Writing Award 
Longlist 2024

American Writing Awards 
Finalist
Fiction Mystery / Suspense Finalist Fiction Best Cover Design 
 

Book Festival Awards

Hollywood Book Festival 2024
Winner Unpublished

Paris Book Festival 2024
Winner Unpublished

The Great Northwest Book Festival 
Winner Unpublished

The Great Southwest Book Festival
Winner Unpublished 

The Great Midwest Book Festival 
Winner Unpublished

The Great Southeast Book Festival
Winner Young Adult

New England Book Festival 2024
Winner Unpublished

Halloween Book Festival 2024 
Runner-Up Wild Card  

London Book Festival 
Young Adult Runner-Up, Honorable Mention General Fiction and Genre Based

South California Book Festival 2024 
Honorable Mention General Fiction

New York Book Festival 2024
Unpublished Honorable Mention

Indies Today Book Awards 
2024 Runner-Up Suspense

Outstanding Creator Awards Summer 2024
Third Place Thriller, Third Place Military Thriller, Honorable Mention: Best Character, Best Supporting Character, Best Villain


Digital Book Today 
3rd place suspense


CIPA EVVY Award Nominee