Rebel Falls by Tim Wendel captured the 2025 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for excellence in military fiction. The book was published by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Boyd Award honors the best American military fiction set in a period when the United States was at war.
“Rebel Falls is a riveting novel set during the American Civil War,” the ALA says. “The book was inspired by true stories of female spies who risked everything for the Union cause.” More info here.
