
Author, Cartoonist
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dana Summers is a Massachusetts native, who grew up in the northeast, Dana attended the Art Institute of Boston. Dana is a syndicated cartoonist for forty years; his comic strips include ‘The Middletons’ and ‘Bound & Gagged’ and award-winning editorial cartoons.
“Don’t think you can sit down and write a novel without a bit of education. I wasted years thinking I could do this on my own. If you don’t persevere, you’ll never make it. So don’t give up.”
AWARDS
Drawn and Buried
- Freddie Award for best hard boiled mystery Sleuthfest Mystery Writers of America
- First place Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel. Florida Writers Association
Dark and the Dead
- Finalist Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel
Downhill Fast
- First place Royal Palm Award for best suspense novel
- First place Award for best thriller
- And unpublished book of the year
- Royal Palm Awards Florida Writers Association.
Dana J. Summers is an award-winning editorial cartoonist. He also writes and draws two nationally and internationally syndicated comic strips, ‘Bound & Gagged’ and ‘The Middletons’. He lives in Orlando with his wife Mary Jane and his dog, Gracie.
