MADISON, Wisconsin – Kristina Amelong’s powerful memoir, “What My Brother Knew” (She Writes Press, May 27, 2025) begins with a chilling prophecy — her brother Jay’s precise prediction of his own tragic death — and unfolds into a profound exploration of grief, healing, self-discovery and spiritual awakening. As a boy, Jay Amelong predicted the accident […]

FLANDERS, New York — An unflinching exploration of growing up in a dismissive family and navigating a world that often feels misaligned, “Becoming Carly Klein” (SparkPress) by Elizabeth Harlan is a raw and compelling coming-of-age story about personal identity and human connection. Neglected by self-absorbed parents who divorce when she’s 16, Carly leans on her […]

Afghanistan vet Dexter Grant is broke, reeling from PTSD, and on the verge of divorce when he’s approached by his old Army buddies to help rescue their former interpreter, the man who once saved Dex’s life. It means ripping off a vicious queenpin’s drug proceeds — but not to worry, they have it all worked […]

“A wise and charming debut” –NYT Bestselling Author Alison McGhee Montpelier, VT– For fans of Jenna Evans Welch and Barbara Dee, Mima Tipper’s “Kat’s Greek Summer” (SparkPress, May 13, 2025) is a timely and uplifting contemporary YA story of a fourteen-year-old girl risking it all for self-truth, family, and first love over one sun-drenched Greek […]

What can we say, Books Forward authors are always going, going, going! We’re excited to feature some of our authors and their recent media wins. Lyndall Clipstone’s Tenderly, I Am Devoured made Goodreads’ list of Readers’ Most Anticipated 2025 Romantasy Books. Southern Literary Review praised Lori B. Duff’s “highly entertaining legal novel” in its recent […]

“L.A. Coroner” explores the untold story of the first celebrity coroner and his work on iconic cases from Marilyn Monroe to RFK and Natalie Wood LOS ANGELES – Anne Soon Choi’s “L.A. Coroner” (Third State Books, April 22, 2025) is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial “Coroner to the Stars,” […]

NYT opinion writer Maura Casey tells of her family’s journey from chaos to grace In her debut memoir, “Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery” (Skyhorse Publishing, April 1, 2025), journalist Maura Casey crafts a vivid and poignant narrative of a working-class family’s resilience in the face of a terminal diagnosis. Financial privation and […]

Jesus’s ‘favorite disciple’ reclaims the narrative in new historical fiction Washington D.C. – What would Jesus do? Or, more importantly, what will Magda do? “Magda Revealed” (She Writes Press, April 8th, 2025) is a wry, irreverent, fictionalized account of his life and ministry—told from the perspective of disciple Mary Magdalene—that will implode everything you thought […]