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First Place IRDA Winner Ana Hebra Flaster: “I think if you’re born to write, you can’t not write. I think I’ve always had this story in me, and I’ve been telling it all my life.”

Property of the Revolution is about losing your home, family, and identity in the span of 24 hours and recreating yourself again out of cold, foreign earth.

Author Ernestine Whitman Tells All About Her IRDA Winning Book

Countermelodies is the story of a young woman’s struggle to overcome the painful betrayal by her beloved mentor.

Here’s What You Must Know About Finding Your Target Reader

The bottom line is that gaining exposure isn’t that hard, but doesn’t guarantee it will sell books. A book can get discovered countless times, but getting people to buy it becomes much more difficult.

First Place IRDA Winner Cynthia Reeves: “When I was very young…I used to hunt and peck these tales on my mother’s old manual Remington typewriter, imagining that I was a writer.”

Set against the haunting beauty and brutal extremes of the Arctic, The Last Whaler is a gripping tale of survival, love, and loss. The novel follows Tor Handeland, a beluga whaler, and his wife, Astrid,...

Author Craig Speakes Tells All About his IRDA Winning Book!

Oli thought it was just a game. So did everyone else. But when thousands of kids fall into comas while playing Razer – Rise of the Cyborg, it’s clear something terrifying is happening.

IRDA Winners Lisa Peachey and Carol Elizabeth Long Tell All About Their Book

When Lisa’s beloved dog Miley passed, the world became a cold and dark place overnight - not just for her, but for her husband Dene and their dog Sprout. That all changed when animal communicator...

Author Katherine Koch Tells All About Her IRDA Winning Book

The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany was the winner in the Religion (Fiction) category of the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Awards, where undiscovered talent meets people...

IRDA Winning Author Danila Botha Tells All About Her Book(s)

It’s a collection of thirty- two short stories about women and identity, artistic, cultural, and where they fit into the world. There are lots of stories about Jewish identity, intergenerational trauma, relationships, friendships, community expectations,...

IRDA Winning Author + Photographer Geir Jordahl: “My dream since childhood has been to be an explorer. Books represent this journey.”

“The Endless Sphere of Time” is about the stories we make in our passing—images of moments in the sphere of time that connect to everything. Our world is round. Eyes, earth, sun, moon—all round, all...