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20th October 2020
Posted by Aston Avery
The true story of a 5,500-mile cycling odyssey through South America, Llama Drama, has been chosen from a record number of entries as the winner of the 2020 Kindle Storyteller Award in the UK.
The travelogue is the fourth book from Gloucester-based athlete and adventurer Anna McNuff, who has also chronicled running the length of New Zealand and cycling through every state in the USA.
Llama Drama follows the author and her friend Faye as they embark on a six-month journey along the spine of the longest continental mountain range in the world, the Andes. With a limited grasp of Spanish, and the hope of meeting as many llamas as possible, the two friends set off on a spectacular adventure that takes them through jungle, across salt flats and past volcanoes.
The judges chose the winning book from a shortlist selected with significant input from readers, with reviews and ratings taken into account. The judging panel included TV presenter and author Claudia Winkleman, best-selling authors L.J. Ross and Mark Dawson, last year’s Kindle Storyteller Award winner Ian W. Sainsbury, Sacha Black from the Alliance of Independent Authors and, from Amazon, EU Books Director Simon Johnson and UK Books Editor Jen Barrett.
Aston spoke to Anna McNuff, author of Llama Drama and winner of 2020 UK Kindle Storyteller Awards and Ian Sainsbury 2019 UK Kindle Storyteller Awards winner and 2020 judge to discuss the 2020 awards and also about the story Llama Drama.