Dave Mason Writes
@davemasonwrites.bsky.social
Author of historical fiction: Between the Clouds and the River (2024 / 13 literary awards) and EO-N (2020 / 20+ literary awards / film+TV rights acquired). Ex-design / SaaS guy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 CVT / YUL / YVR / ORD / YHZ / BZN davemasonwrites.com
Canada: 11th / up 8 points in 2025
USA: 13th / down 1 point in 2025
Wonder what's driving those changes?
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USA: 13th / down 1 point in 2025
Wonder what's driving those changes?
www.imd.org/centers/wcc/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Canada: 11th / up 8 points in 2025
USA: 13th / down 1 point in 2025
Wonder what's driving those changes?
www.imd.org/centers/wcc/...
USA: 13th / down 1 point in 2025
Wonder what's driving those changes?
www.imd.org/centers/wcc/...
2021 Acquired for film/TV
2021 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction
2021 Reviewers Choice/Gold
2021 Next Generation/Best First Novel
2021 Indie Awards Finalist/Military Fiction
2021 NYC Big Book Distinguished Favorite
2021 Chicago Writers Book of the Yr/Finalist
2022 HFC Gold/Historical Mystery
2021 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction
2021 Reviewers Choice/Gold
2021 Next Generation/Best First Novel
2021 Indie Awards Finalist/Military Fiction
2021 NYC Big Book Distinguished Favorite
2021 Chicago Writers Book of the Yr/Finalist
2022 HFC Gold/Historical Mystery
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
2021 Acquired for film/TV
2021 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction
2021 Reviewers Choice/Gold
2021 Next Generation/Best First Novel
2021 Indie Awards Finalist/Military Fiction
2021 NYC Big Book Distinguished Favorite
2021 Chicago Writers Book of the Yr/Finalist
2022 HFC Gold/Historical Mystery
2021 Hemingway Award/20th Century War Fiction
2021 Reviewers Choice/Gold
2021 Next Generation/Best First Novel
2021 Indie Awards Finalist/Military Fiction
2021 NYC Big Book Distinguished Favorite
2021 Chicago Writers Book of the Yr/Finalist
2022 HFC Gold/Historical Mystery
Excellent event with author @johnvaillant.bsky.social at Country Bookshelf in Bozeman tonight. His parting word to us: viriditas. #hope
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Excellent event with author @johnvaillant.bsky.social at Country Bookshelf in Bozeman tonight. His parting word to us: viriditas. #hope
Honored to report that Between the Clouds and the River has been selected as a finalist in two categories — Historical Fiction: 20th Century and Fiction: Military/War — in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards.
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Honored to report that Between the Clouds and the River has been selected as a finalist in two categories — Historical Fiction: 20th Century and Fiction: Military/War — in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards.
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
Took a chance and ventured out into the urban hellscape of Portland. Serious shit going on inside this building.
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Took a chance and ventured out into the urban hellscape of Portland. Serious shit going on inside this building.
Honored to report that Between the Clouds and the River has been selected as a finalist in two categories — Historical Fiction: 20th Century and Fiction: Military/War — in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards.
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Honored to report that Between the Clouds and the River has been selected as a finalist in two categories — Historical Fiction: 20th Century and Fiction: Military/War — in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards.
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
#historicalfiction #awardwinner
Talking about writing with the folks at @uncagedbooks.bsky.social
#historicalfiction
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November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Talking about writing with the folks at @uncagedbooks.bsky.social
#historicalfiction
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#historicalfiction
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Today is a day to remember.
I'll never forget these guys.
Just a couple of the millions of kids who risked everything to fight against the kinds of unjust, cruel, rapacious, and oppressive politics that so much of the world is now re-embracing.
#veteransday #remembranceday
I'll never forget these guys.
Just a couple of the millions of kids who risked everything to fight against the kinds of unjust, cruel, rapacious, and oppressive politics that so much of the world is now re-embracing.
#veteransday #remembranceday
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today is a day to remember.
I'll never forget these guys.
Just a couple of the millions of kids who risked everything to fight against the kinds of unjust, cruel, rapacious, and oppressive politics that so much of the world is now re-embracing.
#veteransday #remembranceday
I'll never forget these guys.
Just a couple of the millions of kids who risked everything to fight against the kinds of unjust, cruel, rapacious, and oppressive politics that so much of the world is now re-embracing.
#veteransday #remembranceday
Independent bookstores:
We need them.
They need us.
Symbiotic!
We need them.
They need us.
Symbiotic!
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Independent bookstores:
We need them.
They need us.
Symbiotic!
We need them.
They need us.
Symbiotic!
Friday morning in good company!
#historicalfiction
#historicalfiction
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Friday morning in good company!
#historicalfiction
#historicalfiction
Cool/moody November morning.
Writing weather.
This one's in the headphones.
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
For ever and ever
Perfection.
And man, that bell…
Writing weather.
This one's in the headphones.
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
For ever and ever
Perfection.
And man, that bell…
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cool/moody November morning.
Writing weather.
This one's in the headphones.
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
For ever and ever
Perfection.
And man, that bell…
Writing weather.
This one's in the headphones.
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
For ever and ever
Perfection.
And man, that bell…
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
It's 2025.
Are we really this fucking stupid?
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
It's 2025.
Are we really this fucking stupid?
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
It's 2025.
Are we really this fucking stupid?
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984
It's 2025.
Are we really this fucking stupid?
Just hanging out with Eoin Dempsey, Tom Clancy, and Omar El Akkad, as one does! #warfiction #Amazonbestsellers
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just hanging out with Eoin Dempsey, Tom Clancy, and Omar El Akkad, as one does! #warfiction #Amazonbestsellers
"Quietly powerful… a serious but accessible novel that earns its moments of hope. Asks hard questions about nationality, belonging, and the arbitrary nature of borders without offering easy answers. A moving book. Keep tissues handy for the final chapters." BookShelfie #histfic
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Quietly powerful… a serious but accessible novel that earns its moments of hope. Asks hard questions about nationality, belonging, and the arbitrary nature of borders without offering easy answers. A moving book. Keep tissues handy for the final chapters." BookShelfie #histfic
Libraries rock.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Libraries rock.
Love receiving action shots of my stuff from people out in the world. Vicarious travel.
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Love receiving action shots of my stuff from people out in the world. Vicarious travel.
BookLife Prize: 2025 Quarter Finalist
Plot 9/10: Loss of innocence, search for identity, and need for belonging…
Originality 10/10: Stunning, intricate… beats a rhythm of hope.
Prose 9/10: Vivid… evokes tiny, terrifying moments of war, abuse, oppression.
Character 10/10: Multi-layered, dynamic.
Plot 9/10: Loss of innocence, search for identity, and need for belonging…
Originality 10/10: Stunning, intricate… beats a rhythm of hope.
Prose 9/10: Vivid… evokes tiny, terrifying moments of war, abuse, oppression.
Character 10/10: Multi-layered, dynamic.
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BookLife Prize: 2025 Quarter Finalist
Plot 9/10: Loss of innocence, search for identity, and need for belonging…
Originality 10/10: Stunning, intricate… beats a rhythm of hope.
Prose 9/10: Vivid… evokes tiny, terrifying moments of war, abuse, oppression.
Character 10/10: Multi-layered, dynamic.
Plot 9/10: Loss of innocence, search for identity, and need for belonging…
Originality 10/10: Stunning, intricate… beats a rhythm of hope.
Prose 9/10: Vivid… evokes tiny, terrifying moments of war, abuse, oppression.
Character 10/10: Multi-layered, dynamic.
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"A masterful demonstration of storytelling. Mason's vivid writing style beautifully reinforces profound story arcs. I could easily visualize the layers of Bernhardt's and Joseph's lives. I felt their anxieties, losses, and tribulations." Makeda Cummings / Readers' Favorite #historicalfiction
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"A masterful demonstration of storytelling. Mason's vivid writing style beautifully reinforces profound story arcs. I could easily visualize the layers of Bernhardt's and Joseph's lives. I felt their anxieties, losses, and tribulations." Makeda Cummings / Readers' Favorite #historicalfiction
