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| genres = {{unbulleted list|[[Fantasy]]|[[Horror fiction|Horror]]|[[Science fiction]]|[[Steampunk]]}}
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| awards = {{unbulleted list|[[AML Awards|AML Award]] (2018)|[[Whitney Awards|Whitney Award]] (2018)|[[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] (2020)}}
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== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
D.J. Butler attended the [[New York University School of Law]], earning his [[Juris Doctor]] in 1999. He spent over a decade working as a lawyer for companies including [[Micron Technology]] before opening an independent firm in 2010.<ref name="anaphora 20180412">{{Cite web|url=https://anaphoraliterary.com/journals/plj/plj-excerpts/interview-with-d-j-butler-lawyer-and-speculative-writer/|title=Interview with D.J. Butler, Lawyer and Speculative Writer|date=12 April 2018 |website=Anaphora Literary Press|language=en|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aeIpqUV?url=https://anaphoraliterary.com/journals/plj/plj-excerpts/interview-with-d-j-butler-lawyer-and-speculative-writer/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He is employed as a corporate trainer, using his skills as a storyteller to educate business people.<ref name="anaphora 20180412"/> He began pursuing his childhood dream of being an author in 2010.<ref name="eagle magazine 2013">{{Cite web|url=http://eaglemagazine.com/2013/04/15/close-up-dave-butler/|title=Eagle Goes Gonzo – Eagle Magazine|date=15 April 2013|last=Sharp|first=Nicole|work=Eagle Magazine|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aceS8Oa?url=http://eaglemagazine.com/2013/04/15/close-up-dave-butler/|url-status=live}}</ref> His [[steampunk]] Western novel ''City of Saints'' was a 2012 [[Whitney Awards|Whitney Award]] finalist in the [[speculative fiction]] category.<ref name="2012 whitney awards">{{Cite web|url=http://whitneyawards.com/2012-finalists/|title=2012 Finalists – The Whitney Awards|publisher=[[Whitney Awards]]|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aXanFaG?url=http://whitneyawards.com/2012-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also worked as acquisitions editor for WordFire Press.<ref name="anaphora 20180412"/>
Butler attended the [[New York University School of Law]], earning his [[Juris Doctor]] in 1999. He is married to Emily Butler.<ref name="about official"/> He spent over a decade working as a lawyer for companies including [[Micron Technology]] before opening an independent firm in 2010.<ref name="anaphora 20180412"/> He is employed as a corporate trainer, using his skills as a storyteller to educate business people.<ref name="anaphora 20180412"/> He began pursuing his childhood dream of being an author in 2010.<ref name="eagle magazine 2013"/> His [[steampunk]] Western novel, ''City of Saints'', was a 2012 [[Whitney Awards|Whitney Award]] finalist in the [[speculative fiction]] category.<ref name="2012 whitney awards"/> He also worked as acquisitions editor for WordFire Press.<ref name="anaphora 20180412"/>


In 2017, Baen published the first of Butler's American epic flintlock fantasy series, ''Witchy Eye'', set in an alternate 1815 America.<ref name="barnes noble witchy eye blog 2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/witchy-eye-flintlock-fantasy-different-breed/|title=Witchy Eye Is a Flintlock Fantasy of a Different Breed|date=17 March 2017|website=[[Barnes & Noble|The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog]]|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aXdITtG?url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/witchy-eye-flintlock-fantasy-different-breed/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was a finalist for a [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] in 2017<ref name="2017 dragon awards isfdb"/> and was a preliminary nominee for a [[David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy|Gemmell Morningstar Award]] in 2018.<ref name="2018 gemmell awards isfdb"/> The second book in the series, ''Witchy Winter'', won the 2018 [[AML Award]] for Best Novel, the 2018 [[Whitney Award]] for Best Speculative Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.<ref name="2018 dragon awards isfdb"/><ref name="aml 2018 winner">{{cite web|url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/03/2018-aml-award-winners/ |title=2018 AML Award Winners |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day: Twenty-First Century Mormon Literature|publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]] |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=31 March 2019 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aUti275?url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/03/2018-aml-award-winners/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2018 whitney winners">{{cite web|url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/05/2018-whitney-awards-winners/ |title=2018 Whitney Awards winners |first=Andrew |last=Hall |date=11 May 2019 |publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]] |access-date=11 May 2019 |archive-date=11 May 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/78HdF7jw8?url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/05/2018-whitney-awards-winners/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, Baen published the first of Butler's American epic flintlock fantasy series, ''Witchy Eye'', set in an alternate 1815 America.<ref name="barnes noble witchy eye blog 2017"/> It was a finalist for a [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]] in 2017<ref name="2017 dragon awards isfdb"/> and was a preliminary nominee for a [[David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy|Gemmell Morningstar Award]] in 2018.<ref name="2018 gemmell awards isfdb"/> The second book in the series, ''Witchy Winter'', won the 2018 [[AML Award]] for Best Novel, the 2018 [[Whitney Award]] for Best Speculative Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.<ref name="2018 dragon awards isfdb"/><ref name="aml 2018 winner"/><ref name="2018 whitney winners"/> ''Witchy Kingdom'' won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020.<ref name="locus 202009"/>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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An omnibus, collecting all four novels, was also published:
An omnibus, collecting all four novels, was also published:
* ''City of Saints'' (omnibus, November 2015, [[WordFire Press]], {{isbn|978-1-61475-347-6}})<ref name="isfdb city of saints">{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1976688 |title=Title: City of the Saints |access-date=12 April 2019 |publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]] |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aaKpCxh?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1976688 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''City of Saints'' (omnibus, November 2015, [[WordFire Press]], {{isbn|978-1-61475-347-6}})<ref name="isfdb city of saints"/>


===''The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie'' ===
===''The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie'' ===
A clockwork boy, Charlie Pondicherry, has various adventures. This is a [[Young adult fiction#Boundaries between children's, young adult, and adult fiction|middle grade]] series.
A clockwork boy, Charlie Pondicherry, has various adventures. This is a [[Young adult fiction#Boundaries between children's, young adult, and adult fiction|middle grade]] series.


* ''The Kidnap Plot'' (June 2016, [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], {{isbn|978-0-553-51295-3}})<ref name="isfdb kidnap plot">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1991495|title=Title: The Kidnap Plot|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aU7Va5H?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1991495|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="kidnap worldcat">{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/922155305|title=The kidnap plot|publisher=[[OCLC WorldCat]]|oclc=922155305|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Kidnap Plot'' (June 2016, [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], {{isbn|978-0-553-51295-3}})<ref name="isfdb kidnap plot"/><ref name="kidnap worldcat"/>
* ''The Giant's Seat'' (June 2017, Knopf, {{isbn|978-0-553-51299-1}})<ref name="isfdb giants seat">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2191445|title=Title: The Giant's Seat|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aUNodhd?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2191445|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="giant seat worldcat">{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/989724751|title=The giant's seat|publisher=[[OCLC WorldCat]]|oclc=989724751|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''The Giant's Seat'' (June 2017, Knopf, {{isbn|978-0-553-51299-1}})<ref name="isfdb giants seat"/><ref name="giant seat worldcat"/>
* ''The Library Machine'' (September 2018, Knopf, {{isbn|978-0-553-51303-5}})<ref name="isfdb library machine">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2432472|title=Title: The Library Machine|access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aUVAjN1?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2432472|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''The Library Machine'' (September 2018, Knopf, {{isbn|978-0-553-51303-5}})<ref name="isfdb library machine"/>


=== Hiram Woolley ===
=== Hiram Woolley ===
* ''The Cunning Man'' with [[Aaron Michael Ritchey]] (November 2019, Baen, {{isbn|9781982124168}})
* ''The Cunning Man'' with [[Aaron Michael Ritchey]] (November 2019, Baen, {{isbn|9781982124168}})
*''The Jupiter Knife'' with [[Aaron Michael Ritchey]] (February 2021, Baen, <nowiki>ISBN 9781982125189</nowiki>)
* ''The Jupiter Knife'' with Aaron Michael Ritchey (February 2021, Baen, {{isbn|9781982125189}})
* "The Seven Nipples of Molly Kitchen", in ''The Chronicles of Davids'' edited by [[David Afsharirad]] (September 2019, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4814-8426-8}})
* "The Greatest Horse Thief in History", in ''Straight Outta Deadwood'' edited by [[David Boop]] (October 2019, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4814-8432-9}})
* "The Dead Who Care", in ''Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within'' edited by L. J. Hachmeister and [[R.R. Virdi]] (October 2019, Source 7, {{isbn|978-1-69839-186-1}})
* "Thirsty Bones", in ''Twilight Tales'' edited by Jaleta Clegg and Joe Monson (February 2021, Hemelein Publications, {{isbn|978-1-64278-004-8}})
* "Upon the Bells of the Horses", in ''The Florilegium of Madness'' edited by Callie Butler and Joe Monson (July 2021, Hemelein Publications, {{isbn|978-1-64278-008-6}})
* "The Hearts of the Children", in ''The Florilegium of Madness'' edited by Callie Butler and Joe Monson (July 2021, Hemelein Publications, {{isbn|978-1-64278-008-6}})
* "The Lord Set a Mark", in ''And Then It Got Weird: An Anthology of Paranormal Peculiarities'' edited by [[Jamie Ibson]] (October 2021, Blood Moon Press, {{isbn|978-1-64855-224-3}})


===Indrajit and Fix===
===Indrajit and Fix===
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=== ''The Witchy War'' ===
=== ''The Witchy War'' ===
Alternate history flintlock fantasy set in the early 1800s North America.
Alternate history flintlock fantasy set in the early 1800s North America.
* "Dei Britannici", a prequel short story in ''Free Stories 2017'' edited by (2017, Baen.com)


====Witchy Eye trilogy====
====Witchy Eye trilogy====
* ''Witchy Eye'' (March 2017, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4767-8211-9}})<ref name="isfdb witchy eye">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2130663|title=Title: Witchy Eye |access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aZyqVAq?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2130663|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="witchy eye simon schuster">{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Witchy-Eye/D-J-Butler/BAEN/9781481483117|title=Witchy Eye|date=27 February 2018|isbn=9781481483117|language=en|last1=Butler|first1=D. J.}}</ref>
* ''Witchy Eye'' (March 2017, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4767-8211-9}})<ref name="isfdb witchy eye"/><ref name="witchy eye simon schuster"/>
* ''Witchy Winter'' (April 2018, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4814-8314-8}})<ref name="isfdb witchy winter">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2331286 |title=Title: Witchy Winter |access-date=12 April 2019|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aa1aP2B?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2331286 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="witchy winter worldcat">{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1059175489|title=Witchy winter|publisher=[[OCLC WorldCat]]|oclc=1059175489|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''Witchy Winter'' (April 2018, Baen, {{isbn|978-1-4814-8314-8}})<ref name="isfdb witchy winter"/><ref name="witchy winter worldcat"/>
* ''Witchy Kingdom'' (August 2019, Baen, {{isbn|9781481484152}})
* ''Witchy Kingdom'' (August 2019, Baen, {{isbn|9781481484152}})


====Serpent Daughter trilogy====
====Serpent Daughter trilogy====
* ''Serpent Daughter'' (November 2020, Baen, {{isbn|9781982124977}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Serpent Daughter |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Serpent-Daughter/D-J-Butler/9781982124977 |website=Simon & Schuster |publisher=Simon & Schuster, Inc. |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''Serpent Daughter'' (November 2020, Baen, {{isbn|9781982124977}})<ref name="simon schuster serpent daughter"/>

=== Other ===
*''Press Forward Saints'', Mormon steampunk anthology edited by Butler (March 2019, Immortal Works, {{isbn|978-1-09-482572-4}})
*''The Wilding Probate'' (October 2020, Immortal Works, {{isbn|978-1-953491-05-3}})
*''The Florilegium of Madness'', collection of short fiction (July 2021, Hemelein Publications, {{isbn|978-1-64278-008-6}})


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
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| ''The Kidnap Plot''
| ''The Kidnap Plot''
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| <ref name="2016 aml finalist"/>
| <ref name="2016 aml finalist">{{cite web |url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2017/02/2016-aml-awards-finalists-1-middle-grade-and-young-adult-novels/ |title=2016 AML Awards Finalists #1: Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels |first=Andrew |last=Hall |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=12 April 2019 |publisher=[[Association for Mormon Letters]] |archive-date=13 April 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aiDxN23?url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2017/02/2016-aml-awards-finalists-1-middle-grade-and-young-adult-novels/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2017
| 2017
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| ''Witchy Eye''
| ''Witchy Eye''
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| <ref name="2017 dragon awards isfdb"/>
| <ref name="2017 dragon awards isfdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?63+2017|title=2017 Dragon Award|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aVemWhA?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?63+2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2018
| 2018
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| ''Witchy Eye''
| ''Witchy Eye''
| {{nom|Preliminary nominee}}
| {{nom|Preliminary nominee}}
| <ref name="2018 gemmell awards isfdb"/>
| <ref name="2018 gemmell awards isfdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?65+2018|title=2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aVxr5IH?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?65+2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
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| ''Witchy Winter''
| ''Witchy Winter''
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| {{nom|Finalist}}
| <ref name="2018 dragon awards isfdb"/>
| <ref name="2018 dragon awards isfdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?63+2018|title=2018 Dragon Award|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/77aW6LnTr?url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?63+2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2018
| 2018
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|''The Cunning Man''
|''The Cunning Man''
|{{nom|Finalist}}
|{{nom|Finalist}}
|<ref name="aml 2019 finalists"/>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction |url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2020/03/2019-aml-awards-finalists-1-novels-and-short-fiction/ |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day |date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
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|2020
|2020
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|''Witchy Kingdom''| ''Witchy Kingdom''
|''Witchy Kingdom''| ''Witchy Kingdom''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|<ref name="locus 202009"/>
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=locusmag|date=2020-09-08|title=2020 Dragon Awards Winners|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/09/2020-dragon-awards-winners/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Locus Online|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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D. J. Butler
BornDavid John Butler
Alma mater
Genres
Years active2010–present[1]
Notable works
  • Witchy Eye
  • Witchy Winter
  • Witchy Kingdom
Notable awards
SpouseEmily Butler[1]
Website
davidjohnbutler.com

David John Butler is an American speculative fiction author. His epic flintlock fantasy novel Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020. Witchy Winter won the 2018 AML Award for Best Novel and the 2018 Whitney Award for Best Speculative Fiction, and Witchy Eye was a preliminary nominee for the Gemmell Morningstar Award.

Life and career

Butler attended the New York University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1999. He is married to Emily Butler.[1] He spent over a decade working as a lawyer for companies including Micron Technology before opening an independent firm in 2010.[2] He is employed as a corporate trainer, using his skills as a storyteller to educate business people.[2] He began pursuing his childhood dream of being an author in 2010.[3] His steampunk Western novel, City of Saints, was a 2012 Whitney Award finalist in the speculative fiction category.[4] He also worked as acquisitions editor for WordFire Press.[2]

In 2017, Baen published the first of Butler's American epic flintlock fantasy series, Witchy Eye, set in an alternate 1815 America.[5] It was a finalist for a Dragon Award in 2017[6] and was a preliminary nominee for a Gemmell Morningstar Award in 2018.[7] The second book in the series, Witchy Winter, won the 2018 AML Award for Best Novel, the 2018 Whitney Award for Best Speculative Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[8][9][10] Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020.[11]

Bibliography

The Buza System

  • Crecheling (February 2015, WordFire Press)
  • Urbane (July 2016, WordFire Press, ISBN 9781614754268)

City of Saints

Alternate history Civil War era featuring secret agents Samuel Clemens and Edgar Allan Poe trying to obtain the plans for airship and ray gun technology.

  1. Liahona (June 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  2. Deseret (July 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  3. Timpanogos (August 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)
  4. Teancum (September 2012, self, ebook only, no ISBN)

An omnibus, collecting all four novels, was also published:

The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie

A clockwork boy, Charlie Pondicherry, has various adventures. This is a middle grade series.

Hiram Woolley

Indrajit and Fix

  • "The Path of the Hunter" in Negotiation edited by Kacey Ezell and Marisa Wolf (October 2019, Seventh Seal Press, ISBN 978-1-950420-57-5)
  • "No Trade for Nice Guys" in When Valor Must Hold edited by Rob Howell and Chris Kennedy (February 2020, New Mythology Press, ISBN 978-1-950420-97-1)
  • In the Palace of Shadow and Joy (July 2020, Baen, ISBN 9781982124700)

Rock Band Fights Evil

Two omnibuses collect the first six novels:

The Witchy War

Alternate history flintlock fantasy set in the early 1800s North America.

  • "Dei Britannici", a prequel short story in Free Stories 2017 edited by (2017, Baen.com)

Witchy Eye trilogy

Serpent Daughter trilogy

Other

Awards and honors

Butler has received the following awards and honors:

Year Organization Award title,
Category 		Work Result Refs
2012 Storymakers Whitney Award,
Best Speculative Fiction 		City of Saints Finalist [4]
2016 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,
Middle Grade Novel 		The Kidnap Plot Finalist [23]
2017 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Eye Finalist [6]
2018 DGLA Gemmell Award,
Morningstar Award 		Witchy Eye Preliminary nominee [7]
2018 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,
Novel 		Witchy Winter Won [9]
2018 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Winter Finalist [8]
2018 Storymakers Whitney Award,
Best Speculative Fiction 		Witchy Winter Won [10]
2019 Association for Mormon Letters AML Award,

Novel

The Cunning Man Finalist [24]
2020 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Alternate History Novel 		Witchy Kingdom Won [11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "About Dave". Dave Butler Writes. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Interview with D.J. Butler, Lawyer and Speculative Writer". Anaphora Literary Press. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ Sharp, Nicole (15 April 2013). "Eagle Goes Gonzo – Eagle Magazine". Eagle Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "2012 Finalists – The Whitney Awards". Whitney Awards. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Witchy Eye Is a Flintlock Fantasy of a Different Breed". The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "2017 Dragon Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "2018 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Dragon Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b "2018 AML Award Winners". Dawning of a Brighter Day: Twenty-First Century Mormon Literature. Association for Mormon Letters. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b Hall, Andrew (11 May 2019). "2018 Whitney Awards winners". Association for Mormon Letters. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b locusmag (8 September 2020). "2020 Dragon Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Title: City of the Saints". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Title: The Kidnap Plot". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. ^ The kidnap plot. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 922155305. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Title: The Giant's Seat". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  16. ^ The giant's seat. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 989724751. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Title: The Library Machine". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Title: Witchy Eye". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  19. ^ Butler, D. J. (27 February 2018). Witchy Eye. ISBN 9781481483117.
  20. ^ "Title: Witchy Winter". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  21. ^ Witchy Winter. OCLC WorldCat. OCLC 1059175489. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Serpent Daughter". Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  23. ^ Hall, Andrew (28 February 2017). "2016 AML Awards Finalists #1: Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels". Association for Mormon Letters. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  24. ^ "2019 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction". Dawning of a Brighter Day. 7 March 2020.
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