An Untidy Affair is MB Dabney’s debut novel and a murder mystery worthy of this seasoned writer. He is an award-winning journalist who has spent a lifetime reporting the stories that matter most. The author of several published short-story mysteries, Dabney is also the co-editor of Decades of Dirt and Murder 20/20, both anthologies of […]
Read MoreBy Emily Mellentine, Kristen Fuhs Wells Communications Intern John F. Duffy is a writer and producer of podcasts and documentary films. He studied film at Columbia College Chicago. By the time he graduated, he had fallen in love with literary fiction. For the next twenty years, Duffy found himself carving a very unusual life path that […]
Read MoreBy Emily Mellentine, Kristin Fuhs Wells Communications Intern We recently spoke with Children’s book author Judith L. Roth, who wrote Cadence and Kittenfish: A Mermaid Tale and Hiding Baby Moses. Click here to visit Roth’s website. Your background includes a bachelor’s degree in English and music. How has your musical education influenced your writing, particularly […]
Read MoreBy Emily Mellentine, Kristen Fuhs Wells Communications Intern We recently spoke with Mason Engel, filmmaker of The Bookstour and Story Road, and author of the sci-fi novel, 2084. In Engel’s latest project, Books Across America, he traveled to 50 states, read 50 books and interviewed 50 authors — all in 50 days. To learn more […]
Read MoreBy Emily Mellentine, Kristin Fuhs Wells Communications Intern We recently spoke with children’s book author Kim Freeman, who wrote Ice Cream Man with Glenda Armand, illustrated by Keith Mallett. Freeman lives in Bloomington, Indiana and enjoys writing books that inspire children to follow their dreams. Can you tell us more about your background as a […]
Read MoreBy Emily Mellentine, Kristen Fuhs Wells Communications Intern We recently spoke with Larry D. Sweazy, author of Winter Seeks Out the Lonely: A Sonny Burton Novel, featured on our 2022 shortlist in the Genre category. Born and raised in Anderson, Indiana, Sweazy is a multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of 19 novels and 39 short stories. […]
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On Aug. 31, 2023, award-winning author Kekla Magoon was INconversation with local Fort Wayne author Dori Graham at the Allen County Public Library. As we like to do at Indiana Authors Awards, we’ve recapped the conversation below with “5 Things We Learned.” Here are some moments that stood out to us: 1. Whose history? Reading […]
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On Aug. 30, 2023, award-winning author Kekla Magoon was INconversation with Kathy Burnette of Brain Lair Books at Louise E. Addicott & Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall at Indiana University South Bend. As we like to do at Indiana Authors Awards, we’ve recapped the conversation below with “5 Things We Learned.” Here are some moments […]
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Thank you for joining us for last night’s INconversation with Tess Gunty at Indiana Landmarks. Gunty is the author of The Rabbit Hutch, her National Book Award-winning debut novel about the fictional town of Vacca Vale, which was based in part on her hometown of South Bend. We’re grateful to Tess and moderator Susan Neville, […]
Read MoreLast year, Spotify & OrangeSky Audio secured the rights to produce and publish the audiobook of Muncie-based writer J.R. Jamison’s “Hillbilly Queer.” Jamison entered the studio in December — after going through the audition process — to record. The audiobook became available in February, and now, for Audiobook Appreciation Month, we’ve asked Jamison to tell […]
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