I am an Award-winning author/screenwriter who has written two novels, and one non-fiction book and several screenplays after retirement from the corporate world.

My Five-Star Readers’ Favorite, debut novel Concrete Wings, a family drama/coming-of-age story earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval with a recommendation for school and home libraries and 2021 Speak Up Radio Firebird Book Award. My second novel, Soaring in Silence, a suspense thriller earned a Five-Star Readers’ Favorite Seal. My third book, Women, Work and Triumph is a compilation of interviews with a diverse group of 26 fascinating women from 5 countries in 26 careers from A – Z with 1 goal – acceptance and respect. It earned the 2020 Five-Star Readers’ Favorite Seal and 2021 Speak Up Radio Firebird Book Award.

My books are available on Amazon and all fine stores where books are sold. https://www.amazon.com/Beverly-Gandara/e/B01E7TYXJ8

Writing in different genres, I completed several screenplays, many of which are contest-placed. My comedy script, Rent Money won the Golden Palm Award for Best Screenplay at the 2012 Beverly Hills International Film Festival. My coming-of-age script Concrete Wings won the 2021 Accolade Global Film Competition for Best Screenplay in two categories Latin/Hispanic and Personal Growth, the 2021 World Film Carnival – Singapore for Best Feature Script, 2021 Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards for Best Original Story, the 8 & Half Film Awards for Best International Writer, and the 2022 World-Fest International Houston Film Festival Gold Remi Award for the Historical/Period Piece Category. My LGBTQ+ period piece While I Wait won the silver award for Best Feature Script at the June 2022 Hollywood Gold Awards.

I live with my husband Armando, whose experiences inspired the script and the novel, Concrete Wings. For more information about me and my work, please visit www.bevgandara.com or imdb.me/bevgandara