Brianna and Brittany Winner
Bornc. 1995
Pen nameJ.B.B. Winner, Winner Twins
OccupationAuthors
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience Fiction
Notable worksThe Strand Prophecy
Website
www.thewinnertwins.com

Brittany and Brianna Winner, also known as the Winner Twins (born 1995), are science fiction authors known for their self-published novels.[1][2]

Biography

On a 2014 Wonder Con panel

Brianna and Brittany were born in 1995,[2] and began writing in middle school with their father,[1] under the pen name J.B.B. Winner.[3][4] They published their first novel,The Strand Prophecy, when they were 12,[2] and it attracted national attention the following year.[2] It was an illustrated story about a rapid evolutionary cycle on Earth, with a scientist superhero as the lead character.

In 2018, they began collaborating with Todd McCaffrey, publishing the Twin Soul series and the novel The Magpie's War.

The twins developed dyslexia and dysgraphia early in life, and promote youth literacy and education to inspire children with learning disabilities.[5][6][7]

Publications

Novels

  • The Strand Prophecy (2006) (Missile Rider Publishing)[8][9]
  • Extinction's Embrace (2009) (Howler Publishing)[10]
  • Perfect Compatibility Test (2017)
  • Twin Soul Series 2018-2021 (series of 20 short stories, with Todd McCaffrey)[11]
  • The Magpie's War (2021) (with Todd McCaffrey)

Non-fiction

  • The Write Path: Navigating Storytelling (2017*)[12]
  • Millennium Madness poetry anthology (Brianna Winner, 2019)

Reception

Their first novel The Strand Prophecy was a semi-finalist for an Independent Publishers Book Award,[13] nominated for an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award,[14] and was inducted into the National Accelerated Reader Program.[15]

They received Pinnacle Awards for excellence in teaching from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[16][17] They contributed essays on creative writing to the 2014 Penguin Books anthology Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.[18]

They were featured presenters at the first annual Geekie Awards in August, 2013,[19] and special guests of honor at BayCon 2015's Women of Wonder.[20]

As of 2021, their books had reportedly sold hundreds of thousands of copies.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Two sisters, four books, one voice". Orange County Register. 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amazing stories of the unbelievable sci-fi sisters". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Winner, J B B (Author)". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  4. ↑ "J.B.B. Winner". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  5. ↑ Winner, Ilene and Jeff (July 1, 2010). "Winner Twins Winning Despite the Odds" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Bracelin, Jason (2021-11-14). "Amazing stories of the unbelievable sci-fi sisters". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  7. ↑ "MOTIVATE 2 LEARN". 501c3Lookup. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  8. ↑ Twins, Winner (28 December 2011). Strand Prophecy (Strand Series Book 1). Howler – via Amazon.
  9. ↑ Smith, Michael (2014-07-06). "The Strand Prophecy The Winner Twins First Epic Win". Guardian Liberty Voice. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  10. ↑ Twins, Winner. "Strand Book II - Extinction's Embrace". Amazon.
  11. ↑ "Series: Twin Soul". isfdb.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  12. ↑ Brittany, Michele. "Fanbase Press - WonderCon 2017: How to Create Your Own Novel - Panel Coverage". www.fanbasepress.com. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  13. ↑ "Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Semi-Finalists". Independent Publisher - feature. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  14. ↑ "2007 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winners and Finalist". Archived from the original on 2013-05-31.
  15. ↑ "Accelerated Reader Bookfinder US - Welcome". www.arbookfind.com. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  16. ↑ "CILC News Releases". CILC - Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. 2012-08-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  17. ↑ "CILC Pinnacle Award 2013-2014".
  18. ↑ Lamson, Laurie (20 February 2014). Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers (Now Write! Series). Penguin Publishing. ISBN 978-0399165559.
  19. ↑ "Geekie Awards Coming to Hollywood in August". Whedonopolis. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  20. ↑ "Young Adult Featured Guests – The Winner Twins". Baycon Women's of Wonder 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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