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Sub Rosa (novel) award rather than for a specific work, but the jury specifically singled out "Sub Rosa" in their judging, saying, "Amber Dawn is an impressive, heart-stopping talent. Her debut novel, "Sub Rosa", is a clear-eyed myth exploring the lives of young women at risk. Both fearless in its narrative and rich in its landscape of metaphor, "Sub Rosa" is a book that refuses to be overlooked. Dawn’s story is not just an attempt to hold the world’s darkness, but to find it some comfort too." "Sub Rosa" was also presented the Lambda Award in 2011, in the “Lesbian Debut Fiction” category.