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Mark David Gerson’s win, for The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy, was announced on November 21 at an Albuquerque awards banquet designed to honor authors in more than 30 categories from New Mexico and beyond.

His award, in the statewide contest, was in the Fantasy/Science Fiction category.

The MoonQuest, Gerson’s first novel, is part of a fantasy… Continue

Los Angeles, CA -- The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy by Mark David Gerson was named a Gold Medal IPPY winner today in the international Independent Book Publisher Awards

"The quality of this year's entries is totally amazing," says the IPPY press release, "and judging was difficult, as we saw better designed books, read higher quality writing and were exposed to a more sophisticated concepts."

The MoonQuest won in the Visionary Fiction category, one of 64 nati… Continue

"There's a scene in my novel The MoonQuest where the main character, upset by a vision of the slaying of loved ones from his past, is told to look ahead not backward.



"It seems a thoughtless, almost cruel injunction. But when we find ourselves at the intersection of Old and New, the only way to honor what has passed is to move forward, even as our natural tendency is to want to reach back.



"After all, we gain our grounding from t… Continue