Groovin’ on the Half Shell received honorable mention in the general fiction category at the 2017 London Book Festival. 

The 2017 London Book Festival considered books in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian in the competition. The works were either published, self-published or independent publisher and awards were given for the following categories:

• non-fiction
• fiction
• biography/autobiography/memoir
• children’s books
• cookbooks
• compilations/anthologies
• genre-based
• how-to
• photography/art
• spiritual
• young adult
• unpublished
• business
• wild card (anything goes!)
• science fiction
• and poetry

Works published after January 1, 2014 were eligible for judging.