Zach Fortier

2013 Readers Favorite Bronze medal winner 2014 Readers Favorite Gold and Silver medal winner Finalist in 2014 Chanticleer Book awards contest 2015 IPPY Bronze Medal winner 2015 semi finalist Kindle Book Awards (X2) 2015 Finalist in the IAN book awards (X2) 2015 Readers Favorite Bronze medal winner 2015 Readers Favorite Finalist true crime/non fiction(x2) 2015 Finalist Kindle Book Awards 2015 Finalist USA Today book awards (x3) 2015 Finalist in the Chanticleer Clue book awards contest(x3) 2015 First Place award winner in the Chanticleer Clue Book awards contest in True Crime. Winner of the 2015 Book Pipeline competition. Winner of the 2016 NIEA Book awards contest for African American Non fiction 2017 Winner Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Suspense category 2017 Finalist NIEA Book Awards contest in Suspense genre Finalist in Biography General in the 2017 American Book Fest International book awards Finalist in the 2017 Kindle book awards in Horror. Finalist 2017 Book Excellence Awards for thrillers. Short list finalist in 2017 Chanticleer Clue book awards contest. Awarded Official selection (x2) in the 2017 New Apple Book awards contest. Awarded a Bronze medal in the 2017 Readers Favorite Book contest in Suspense genre Awarded Silver medal in the 2018 eLit Book Awards contest in the Mystery/thriller genre Finalist 2018 Book Excellence awards contest in Biography Genre. Awarded a Bronze Medal in the 2018 Readers Favorite International book awards contest in the Fiction/thriller genre Long list finalist in 2018 Chanticleer Clue book awards contest.(x2) Semi finalist in the 2018 Chanticleer Clue Book awards contest. Solo medal winner of the 2018 New Apple Book awards contest in the Psychological Thriller category. Solo medal winner in the 2019 Book Excellence book awards contest in the suspense genre. Bronze medal winner in the 2019 Readers favorite international book awards contest in the fiction-suspense genre. Named as an Official Selection in the 2019 New Apple Summer E book awards contest in the Psychological Suspense genre First Place winner in the 2019 Top Shelf book awards contest. Winner of the 2020 Book Excellence book awards contest in Sci Fi Genre Named to the Short List 2020 Chanticleer Cygnus Book awards contest for Science Fiction 2020 1st place in the Chanticleer Cygnus book awards contest for Science Fiction. 2021 Finalist in Sci Fi genre in the Book Excellence book awards contest. Zach Fortier was a police officer for over thirty years specializing in K-9, SWAT, gangs, domestic violence, and sex crimes as an investigator. He has written several books about his life in police work. CurbChek won the bronze medal for True Crime in the 2013 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards. Street Creds and Curbchek Reload won a gold and silver medal respectively for True Crime in the 2014 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards. His other works are Hero To Zero, which details the incredibly talented cops that he worked with that ended up going down in flames, some ended up in prison and one on the FBI's ten most wanted list. Landed on Black described the toxic culture of the police department and streets, ultimately leading to the realization that Zach has been diagnosed with PTSD. I am Raymond Washington is the only authorized biography of the original founder of the Crips and has been awarded bronze medals in 2015 by both IPPY and Readers Favorite International book awards. Baroota: The Hunting Ground is Zach's first fictional work, and is the start of this series, followed by Cachibache, Izadi and Chakana. All books in the Director's Series are award winning. If you are looking for gritty, true crime stories, be sure to check out all of Zach Fortier's novels. Zach currently lives in the mountains of Colorado, with his wife Christina.