On June 19, 2015, at The Grolier Club in Manhattan, Elisa received an award for Perceived Threat in the General Fiction category from the New York Book Festival. Awards are given to less than five percent of the entries to this book competition and are given to books that have the potential to win wider recognition and exhibit outstanding storytelling.
In May 2016 in Chicago, Elisa also received a New Generation Indie Book award for recognition of the book cover design. The Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in over 70 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency.