In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
My 8th novel, Broken Pieces of God, will be released Septeber 23, 2021. My latest novel is Gavin Goode.
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My tenth novel, Until It Was Gone (2024), is published by Black Rose Writing. will be released by Black Rose Writing on December 12, 2024. Seaburn is a retired marriage and family therapist, family psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine (University of Rochester Medical Center) and minister. He and his wife live near Rochester, NY. They have two married daughters and five wonderful grandchildren. His novels have received numerous honors: Short Listed, Hawthorne Prize (2024); Finalist, General Fiction, American Writing Awards (2023); Third Place, Bookfest, Literary Fiction/Coming-of-Age (2023); Short-listed, American Writing Awards Hawthorne Prize (2023); Finalist, Maxy Award, Literary and Humor Fiction (2023); Short-listed, Somerset Award, Literary and Contemporary Fiction (2022); Runner-up, Pencraft Award, General Fiction (2022); Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award, General Fiction (2021); Semi-finalist, Somerset Award, Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction (2019); American Bookfest Finalist, “Best Book” in General Fiction (2019); Short-listed, Somerset Award for Fiction (2018); Runner-up, TAZ Award for Fiction (2017); Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction (2011).
Seaburn’s novels are available through Amazon, and can also be ordered through your favorite bookstore. He is available for readings and can be reached at dseaburn@gmail.com. Visit his website at www.davidbseaburn.com. Read his Psychology Today magazine blog at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/going-out-not-knowing.
Birth Place
Ellwood City, PA USA
Accomplishments
My fiction awards include: Charlie No Face (2011), a Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction, Parrot Talk (2017), which placed second in the TAZ Awards for Fiction (2017) and was short listed for the Somerset Award (2018). My most recent novel, Gavin Goode (2019), was an American Book Fest Finalist for "Best Book" in General Fiction (2019) and Semi-Finalist in Literary, Contemporary and Satire Fiction for the Somerset Award (2019).
I have published 2 academic books; I have published 5 creative nonfiction pieces; I have published over 60 academic papers and book chapters.
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