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IRDA Winner Martina Gruppo on the best part of being Indie: “Having the autonomy to decide what you want to write is very liberating, especially on such a personal subject…”

The brutally honest story of how a seemingly strong and independent individual can be broken down by hidden  manipulation and coercive control.

Author Karl Sebastian Tells All About His IRDA Winning Book

Although most might want to boil down the book to a seemingly impossible story of overcoming extreme obesity. At it's base value, the book is a story of my life. Destroying it until it was...

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...

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...

IRDA Winners Susan Rogers and John Roosen on Going Traditional: “They’d have to have a pretty good reason and plan of what they would do for our works. Why? We have spent 3 years learning how to do all the tasks and have been very successful.”

Ric Peters and Elaina Williams escape to the breathtaking wilderness of Tasmania, Australia seeking tranquility in its breathtaking landscape. But their dream of an idyllic retreat is shattered on the notorious Devil’s Island, where a...

IRDA Winning Author Melissa K. Magner on her Motivation: “Love of the craft. I started writing because I loved it, and I still write because I love it.”

Of the Sun and Sea follows a grieving young woman who comes into possession of an otherworldly power and finds herself implicated in the plight of another realm—one which forces her to overcome darkness both...

IRDA Winning Author John Blossom: “I write for the excitement of experiencing playful creative ideas that turn into obsession over contributing something worthwhile to the American canon.”

The shamanistic dreams of Mahina Moemoea, a native Hawaiian teenager living on a ranch in Waimea, were passed down to her on the maternal side of her influential family. Her dreams are compelling but so...

IRDA Winning Author David Griffiths: “The best part is knowing it’s cool to be “indie” (like most of the best rock bands).

In search for answers after his mother’s tragic death, a grieving teenage boy discovers his gift of communing with the dead – or so he believes. But as he starts to hear voices in his...

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.