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IRDA Winning Author Alretha Thomas Tells All About Her Book

In 2009, Barbara falls under suspicion when her seven-year-old daughter goes missing in New York. Ten years later, while on the cusp of her dream career, Leslie must face a devastating secret from her past. 

Announcing the 2025 Discovery Awards Winners!

Meet the winners of the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Awards!

2024 IRDA Winner Daniel Babka Tells All About His Award-Winning Book

During the summer of 1960, five imaginative, adventurous 13-year-olds roamed a small town that had an incredible one-of-a-kind history of strange, improbable happenings going back decades.

IR Approved Author Peter Hargraves on the Best and Worst parts of being Indie: “The best: I get to write exactly what I want. The worst: having to market my work.”

In a far future of reduced human presence two fairly ordinary people are forced by their circumstances to do difficult things to survive including consorting with a race of genetically engineered cougars which many humans...

Advice from Multiple IR Approved Author Stella Atrium: “Count the cost, both in time sacrifice and investment of money. Be certain that you and your family can afford the roller-coaster path of a vanity project.”

A rewarding travelogue through a richly drawn world, this arresting series-starter invites new readers into the world of tribes on Dolvia with an enticing hook.

Advice from IR Approved Author RL Florez and ML Florez: “…be patient, enjoy the process.”

A little girl learns that sirens aren't meant to be scary, and that they signal help arriving from police, firefighters, and ambulances. 

Advice from IR Approved author Christopher Hawkins: “Find your community. Every genre has an amazing community of indie writers who are out there doing incredible things. Tap into that energy.”

I Contain Multitudes is about a woman who’s become unstuck in reality.

IT’S TRUE! People DO Judge Books by their Covers!

By Penny C. Sansevieri, Founder and CEO of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a bestselling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. You can’t go anywhere without hearing about a movie or...

IR Approved Author Brian Silbert on his Inspiration: “It was my mom for sure. And while I didn’t quite understand it before, now, as a parent myself I certainly do.”

Fifth-grader Berticus exists at the collision point of homework, tests, bullies, first crush and the pressure from The Perfect Student—not a pretty sight, but a funny one.