IRDA Winner Bob Seay: “The only reason to read any novel is because it’s a good story

Jacob Martin’s life isn’t working out quite like he planned. His marriage is falling apart, he makes his living writing research papers for college students, and he’s living in the back of a laundromat. Now Dad, whose mind isn’t quite what it once was, has gotten lost on the road between Cincinnati and Colorado. Forced into an unexpected road trip to retrieve his father, Jacob finds love and himself along the way.

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IRDA Winning Author Nicole Kurtz: “Watching a lightbulb go off in someone’s head when they’ve finally understood a challenging concept motivates me.”

"Light is Color!" is a graphic novel accompanied with activities to test your knowledge on all things light. And, it can be used as a coloring book too!

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IRDA Winner HK Jacobs: “I want to tell stories that offer escapism for people who need it.”

Workaholic physician/humanitarian enters an unexpected blazing romance and  subsequent path of self-discovery where she must choose between the life she imagined or one she never thought possible. 

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IRDA BEST COVER Award Winner Ryan Meyer: “I wanted something that pops, but also a cover that feels simple yet busy.”

"Tempest" explores fear, hope, and self-identity through striking fictional vignettes and surreal personal accounts. It is thus a marriage between the dichotomies of musical, rhythmic poetic dialogue, and the deeper, innate anxieties that accompany change.

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IRDA Winner Lilianne Milgrom: “I don’t believe that ‘becoming an author’ is a conscious decision.”

In 1866, maverick French artist Gustave Courbet painted one of the most iconic images in the history of art: a sexually explicit portrait of a woman’s exposed genitals.  Audaciously titled “L’Origine du monde”, the scandalous painting was kept hidden for a century and a half.

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The Rival

This romance contains one grumpy, emotionally damaged, but gorgeous-as-hell hockey player, and a whip-smart, hardworking heroine who’s never quite fit in. It should only be read by those who like their men brawny and their romances red-hot!

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IRDA Winner Kaylin McFarren: “touching lives through my writing is the most rewarding experience I’ll ever know.”

While awaiting his execution on death row, Benjamin Poe meets with his lawyer and shares the unthinkable story of his battle against Crighton—the manipulating, soul-collecting demon that tricked him into murdering his own son.

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IRDA Winning Author Vivian M. Lumbard: “Advocacy in some form that makes a reader think while it also entertains is what motivates me to write.”

"Outside Looking In" advocates working to understand the underlying causes of why autistics may act/react the way they do, as well as loving and raising the whole child.

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