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WINNER! “The Great Dempseys” Wins the 2025 NYC Big Book Award for New Adult Fiction and Romance!

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

On September 9, 2025, The Great Dempseys won the 2025 NYC Big Book Award for New Adult Fiction and the 2025 NYC Big Book Award for Romance. This means that, as of this writing, The Great Dempseys has won ten (10) awards! I can hardly believe how successful my book…

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WINNER! “The Great Dempseys” Wins the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Young Adult Romance!

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

On September 1, 2025, The Great Dempseys was awarded the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Young Adult Romance. This means that, as of this writing, The Great Dempseys has won eight (8) awards! Be sure to check out the other award winners on the website! You never know when…

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WINNER! “The Great Dempseys” Wins 1st Place for Fiction, 1st Place for Coming-of-Age Fiction, 1st Place for Young Adult Fiction, and 1st Place for New Adult Fiction from Firebird Book Awards and Speak Up Talk Radio!

Posted on July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

On July 16, 2025, The Great Dempseys won four more awards! Firebird Book Awards and Speak Up Talk Radio awarded The Great Dempseys 1st Place for Fiction, 1st Place for Coming-of-Age Fiction, 1st Place for Young Adult Fiction, and 1st Place for New Adult Fiction! This means that The Great…

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FINALIST! “The Great Dempseys” is a Finalist for the Romance Genre in the 19th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards!

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025

On June 19, 2025, The Great Dempseys won another award! It is a Finalist for the Romance Genre in the 19th National Indie Excellence Awards. The National Indie Excellence Awards contest rewards authors for their creativity, skill, and devotion to their craft. I am so honored that The Great Dempseys…

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WINNER! “The Great Dempseys” Wins the 2025 Reader Views Bronze Medal for Young Adult (16+) Fiction!

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025

At the beginning of March, The Great Dempseys won the 2025 Reader View Bronze Medal for Young Adult (16+) Fiction! Check out all the other winners here!

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WINNER! “The Great Dempseys” Wins the 2025 Literary Titan Gold Book Award!

Posted on February 17, 2025February 20, 2025

The Literary Titan Book Award honors books that exhibit exceptional storytelling and creativity. This award celebrates novelists who craft compelling narratives, create memorable characters, and weave stories that captivate readers. The recipients are writers who excel in their ability to blend imagination with literary skill, creating worlds that enchant and…

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Family, Legacy, and Love Collide in “The Great Dempseys,” a New Coming-of-Age Tale by Award-Winning Indie Author

Posted on December 6, 2024December 6, 2024

Brianna MacMahon, the award-winning indie author of the political sci-fi thriller On the Precipice, has returned with a captivating new release, The Great Dempseys. The coming-of-age romantic drama, which blends family legacy, love, and social commentary, promises to engage readers with its multidimensional characters and emotionally-charged narrative. Released on November…

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Award-Winning Indie Author Brianna MacMahon Announces the Release of “The Great Dempseys,” a Powerful, New Coming-of-Age Series

Posted on November 10, 2024February 20, 2025

Award-winning indie author Brianna MacMahon will launch The Great Dempseys, the first book in her new coming-of-age series. This anticipated release follows MacMahon’s acclaimed debut, On the Precipice, which won the 2024 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal for the category Fiction – Thriller – Political. A Story of Family Secrets and…

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Brianna MacMahon’s Newest Venture: “The Great Dempseys,” a Coming-Of-Age Story

Posted on November 10, 2024February 20, 2025

Brianna MacMahon has made waves as an indie author, captivating readers with her nuanced storytelling and character-driven narratives. Now, with her upcoming novel, The Great Dempseys, set to release on November 18, 2024, MacMahon is introducing readers to a world of family secrets, social divides, and the delicate complexity of young…

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Fast Facts

Let's talk about me! My favorite season is autumn, my favorite drink is unsweetened iced tea, my favorite dessert is a chocolate chip cookie skillet with vanilla ice cream, my favorite color is blue, and my favorite smell is a bonfire. Oh, and I love a good sweater.


I'm a proud INFJ, and my hobbies include staying at home, napping, and avoiding social interactions! I'm very comfortable in my own space, and I don't like being overly stimulated.


Now, I told you I'm a big Star Wars, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls fan, so I feel I have to go into my favorite characters from those three franchises. My favorite Star Wars character is R2-D2, my favorite Fallout character is Nick Valentine, and my favorite Elder Scrolls character is Brynjolf. My favorite Star Wars TV show? Andor. Do I love Fallout (the TV show)? Yes! And am I waiting for an Elder Scrolls one? Also yes! (But I'd rather have Elder Scrolls 6!)


What else? Well, I've been writing since I was a little kid, and I can hardly believe that I'm now in the position where I can share my stories and characters with the entire world! It's an absolute dream come true. Never stop believing in yourself, and never stop striving toward your goals!

Brianna MacMahon.

"For better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word." -Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." -Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

"So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined." -Toni Morrison, Beloved

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." -Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." -Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Maybe what really happened is this: the old fable-makers searched hard for a word to convey that what is gone is gone forever and never found it. And so, in the best traditions of where we come from, they gave their sorrow a name and drowned it." -Eavan Boland, "Atlantis: A Lost Sonnet"

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