The Vatican Invitation won a "most original premise"

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The Vatican Invitation received a Booky Award for "Most Original Premise"  https://www.bookyawards.com/winners/the-vatican-invitation-bridget-mary-meehan-1164

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THE VATICAN INVITATION BY BRIDGET MARY MEEHAN WINS BOOKYAWARDS "MOST ORIGINAL PREMISE" BOOKY

Sarasota, Florida — October 22. 2026 

Bridget Mary Meehan's *The Vatican Invitation* has been awarded the Most Original Premise Booky by BookyAwards. The novel's strongest score was in Originality, where it earned 82 out of 100.

Judge Marcus Thorne praised the book's central idea and its execution. "Its premise is the thing no cozy shelf has: a woman priest, excommunicated, lured into the Vatican by an anonymous letter signed 'Phoebe,'" Thorne said. "What earns the award is nerve and specificity. This is a thriller-adjacent whodunit about power, memory, and recognition that knows exactly who its readers are and rewards them."

Thorne also highlighted the novel's heroine and its inventive details. He noted that Brigid O'Malley "is a heroine with a real voice," and he singled out the pencil impression on an envelope as one of the book's ingenious touches.

The novel opens in Florida, where Rev. Dr. Brigid O'Malley has just led a Saturday Eucharist around her dining table. Among her mail is a heavy cream envelope postmarked Vatican City and signed only "Phoebe." It invites her to Rome with a promise that there are doors inside the Vatican that only a woman priest can open. It also instructs her to come alone and tell no Vatican official why she is coming.

Bridget Mary Meehan is the author of *The Vatican Invitation* (© 2026). [Author to add a one- or two-sentence biography and website here.]

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