Announcing the 2024 Discovery Awards Winners!
Today the winners of the 13th annual “IndieReader Discovery Awards” (IRDAs) were announced virtually to consumers and international media.
IR Approved Author Michelle Tocher: “I’m interested in the psychological, spiritual states we inhabit, and the way we make sense of our life experience.”
When Molly was a little girl, she adored her glamorous aunt who told her enchanting fairy tales. But one day she told Molly a disturbing story about a tiny maiden who was destined to live underground and marry a blind old mole.
Advice from IR Approved Author Michael J. Gowers: “Oversee everything, and give yourself plenty of time to decide what you like and what is right for your book.”
The Gates of Dawn is a descriptive and fast paced thriller, telling of man’s primeval fascination with art, and how some, whose obsession is to garner all such beauty for themselves, will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Advice from IR Approved Author Bonnie Jacoby: “Write what you love. You’ll be spending a lot of time with this story so it better be something that interests you.”
When dragons return to a world that blames them for the plague, a teen girl with new empathic powers and a teen dragon trying to prove himself must work together to save dragons from extinction.
Advice from IR Approved Author Marius Trevelean: “Research everything. Whether that’s writing or the peripheral activity that surrounds it.”
SiP is a comedic sci-fi adventure for middle school kids about a giant drinking straw that appears from orbit and begins to drink the Atlantic Ocean.
IR Approved Author Jennifer Hayes Tells All About Her Book
The Extraordinary Imagination of Jenny Figment is about a little girl with a big imagination. She navigates a world filled with pocket-sized dragons, rainbow colored “pixie toads,” and perhaps most notably her best ghost friends.
The Dixon Rule
The second book in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy, set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U.
Advice from IR Approved Author Angel Hawkins: “Write for writing’s sake. Tell the story placed upon your heart, the story that begs to be told.”
A poetry collection for the hopeless romantic, velvet, encapsulates the scope of being in love as it takes the reader on a journey divided into three sections. From the first meeting to true happiness, velvet captures the heart and its beautiful idiosyncrasies.
Advice from IR Approved Author Jim Frazee: “If you love to write, you will continue to do it despite the challenges.”
A teen runaway, wrongly accused of his brother’s murder in an arson, tracks down the killer, only to discover more than he could have bargained for about his family, his girlfriend, and the real target of the fire.
Clock In
My point, of course, is that if you want to be a writer, be a writer. Stop treating it as a hobby.
IR Approved Author Lance Moore Tells All About His Book
Daily headlines make it clear: our culture faces a social, spiritual, and political crisis of trust. As traditional institutions fade or fail, unscrupulous leaders, and cult leaders in particular, are filling the void. Cults on Trial offers an engaging resource for awakening the public to the dangers—with a checklist of “traits and tactics” of manipulators—and discusses possible solutions.
The Deer and the Dragon
Hazbin Hotel meets Crescent City in this new fantasy romance series from USA Today bestseller Piper CJ.
Go to Hell OLE Miss
For fans of Pat Conroy, Barbara Kingsolver, Wiley Cash, and Cormac McCarthy, Go to Hell Ole Miss is a historical family saga of hope and hardship, redemption and revenge, faith and doubt.
Advise from IR Approved Author Cory Mortensen: “Someone once told me making a book is like building a house. Writing is building the walls. Editing is figuring out where the doors and windows. Go and build a lot of walls, worry about the doors and windows later.”
UNLOST is the second book of a three part award winningtravel memoir series. Unlost takes the readers on an adventure from California to Antarctica. Filled with adventure and misadventure, it promises to entertain and educate. As I like to say, this is not a guidebook, but I hope this book guides you in some way.
IR Approved Author D C Mallery Tells All About His Book
SARA SARQUE & THE DEMON EXECUTIONER is an award-winning collection of short stories, some previously published in various genre magazines, others brand new.
Glint
This is the captivating second book of The Plated Prisoner series. It’s an adult epic fantasy story blending romance, intrigue, and beautiful imagery. Return to the seductive story of magic inspired by the myth of King Midas, and get caught up in the world of Orea.
King of Sloth
King of Sloth is a steamy forced proximity romance. It's book four in the Kings of Sin series but can be read as a standalone.
Advice from IR Approved Author Francesca Vespa: “Respect your audience. Respect. Your. Audience.”
A group of high school kids experience the horrific death of a close friend. As they transition into adulthood, their lives intersect in painful and sometimes violent ways. It’s a comedy.
Advice from IR Approved Author Bill Harvey: “Follow your intuition and don’t edit until later. Let it flow and enjoy the process.”
The Great Being combines science fiction and alternative history to tell a story about how the universe might have started, with a single Consciousness, and how that Consciousness could have created all of us out of Itself.