Book Awards for Kathleen and W Michael Gear Historical Novels

**Book Awards**
Year	For	Award
1968	Kathleen M. O’Neal	First Place American Legion Essay Contest Tipton Elementary School, Tipton, California.
2000	THE SUMMONING GOD	Selected as one the Top Ten Southwest Books of the Year.
2001	BONE WALKER	Selected as one of the Top Ten Southwest Books of the Year.
2005	People of the Raven	Golden Spur Award Best Novel of the West Western Writers of America
2005	Kathleen O'Neal Gear	Inductee into the Women Who Write the West Hall of Fame
2006	People of the Moon	Golden Spur Award finalist Best Novel of the West Western Writers of America
2007	W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O’Neal Gear	“Literary Contribution Award,” Mountain Plains Library Association.
2009	CHILDREN OF THE DAWNLAND	“Top Choice Award” Flamingnet
2010	CHILDREN OF THE DAWNLAND	Selected by the Kansas National Education Association for the Kansas State Reading Circle for Middle School/Junior High schools.