{{short description|American writer}}
'''Georgia Beers''' is an American writer of lesbian romance. Her novel ''Fresh Tracks'' won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance.<ref name=":302">{{Cite web|date=2006-04-30|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}</ref>
Her novels have won 13 of the Golden Crown Literary Society's Goldie Awards, including six awards for romance, two Ann Bannon Popular Choice awards, two awards for non-erotic short story collections, and two awards for erotica.
== Personal life == Beers has lived in Rochester, New York her entire life and currently has a miniature Australian Shepherd, Finley.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2012-10-27|title=About|url=https://georgiabeers.com/about/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Georgia Beers|language=en-US}}</ref>
Every year, she volunteers on the programming committee for ImageOut, Rochester, New York's annual LGBTQ film festival.<ref name=":0" />
== Awards == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Award ! Result ! Ref. |- !2006 | rowspan="2" |''Fresh Tracks'' |Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} |<ref name=":302">{{Cite web|date=2006-04-30|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}</ref> |- !2007 |Goldie Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2007 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2007Winners|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- !2009 |''Finding Home'' |Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2010-02-18|title=21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}</ref> |- !2010 |''Outsiders'' |Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay/Collections (Non-Erotica) | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2010 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2010Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" |2011 | rowspan="3" |''Starting from Scratch'' | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{nom}} |<ref name=":272">{{Cite web|date=2011-06-27|title=23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/06/22nd-annual-lambda-literary-awards/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}</ref> |- |Goldie Award for Traditional Romance | {{won}} |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=2011 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2011Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- |Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award | {{won}} |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=2011 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2011Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- !2012 |''96 Hours'' |Goldie Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2012 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2012Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- !2013 |''Slices of Life'' |Goldie Award for Short Story/Essay Collection | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2013 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2013Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- !2015 |''Olive Oil & White Bread'' |Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 Award Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2015Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2018 |''Right Here, Right Now'' |Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018 Goldie Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2018Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- |''Blend'' |Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Goldie Winners|url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/AWARDS-2019-Winners|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-07-15|title=Winners Announced for 15th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) Awards|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/winners-announced-for-15th-annual-golden-crown-literary-society-gcls-awards-300884535.html|access-date=2022-01-29|website=PR News Wire|language=en}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2021 |''Hopeless Romantic'' |Goldie Award for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels | {{won}} |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2021 Goldie Winners |url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/AWARDS-2021-Winners |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}</ref> |- |''All I Want for Christmas'' |Goldie Award for Fiction Anthologies/Collections | {{won}} |<ref name=":2"/> |- ! 2024 | ''Dance with Me'' | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2024-winners/ |title=Congratulations 2024 Lammy Award Winners |work=Lambda Literary |date=2024-06-11 |access-date=2024-06-20 }}</ref> |}
== Publications ==
=== Novels === * ''Turning the Page'' (2001) * ''Thy Neighbor's Wife'' (2003) * ''Fresh Tracks'' (2006) * ''Too Close to Touch'' (2006) * ''Mine'' (2007) * ''Finding Home'' (2008) * ''Starting from Scratch'' (2010) * ''96 Hours'' (2011) * ''Slices of Life'' (2012) * ''Justice'' (2013) * ''Working Girls #1: Firefighter'' (2013) * ''Olive Oil and White Bread'' (2014) * ''Snow Globe'' (2014) * ''A Little Bit of Spice'' (2015) * ''Zero Visibility'' (2015) * ''Right Here, Right Now'' (2017) * ''What Matters Most'' (2017) * ''Blend'' (2018) * ''Calendar Girl'' (2018) * ''The Shape of You'' (2018) * ''The Do-Over'' (2019) * ''Fear of Falling'' (2019) * ''One Walk in Winter'' (2019) * ''16 Steps to Forever'' (2020) * ''Flavor of the Month'' (2020) * ''Hopeless Romantic'' (2020) * ''The Secret Poet'' (2021)
=== ''Balance'' series ===
* ''Balance'' (2014) * ''Balance, Episode 2'' (2014)
=== ''Puppy Love'' romance series ===
* ''Rescued Heart'' (2016) * ''Run To You'' (2016) * ''Dare to Stay'' (2017)
=== The Swizzle Stick romance series ===
* ''Shaken or Stirred'' (2021) * ''On the Rocks'' (2021) * ''With a Twist'' (2022)
=== Short story collections ===
* ''Outsiders'', with Lynn Ames, J. D. Glass, Susan X. Meagher, and Susan Smith (2010) * ''Call of The Wilde and Other Short Stories'' (2012) * ''All I Want for Christmas'', with Maggie Cummings and Fiona Riley (2020)
=== Anthology contributions ===
* ''The Milk of Human Kindness'', edited by Lori L. Lake (2004) * ''Stolen Moments'', edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2005) * ''Extreme Passions'', edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (2006) * ''Blue Collar Lesbian Erotica'', edited by Pat Cronin and Verda Foster (2008) * ''Girls Next Door'', edited by Sandy Lowe and Stacia Seaman (2017)
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