Forever 69

Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter’s

2025 Hugh Holton Award

for an unpublished manuscript

Colleen Newquist’s debut novel, FOREVER 69, is an upmarket mystery featuring an ensemble cast. When beloved Plum Grove senior sex blogger Ellen Sesso is nearly murdered at her own harvest party, the people closest to her—friends, family, and the town’s police chief—form an unlikely investigative circle to uncover which one of their neighbors wants her dead.

Currently seeking representation.