
ALT Hello! We'd like to congratulate you, because your book Merchants of Light and Bone was nominated for the 2023 Indie Ink Awards for the following awards: Best book cover and cover artist, Best light read, Best morally gray character, Best setting, This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty, Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent author The Indie Ink Awards is a joint project by WriteHive, Inked In Gray, and Indie Story Geek, designed to showcase all the amazing indie books out there. It’s trope and diversity focused rather than focused on genre. Last year, our first year, we saw over 5,000 nominations across 400 books, had over 850 voters participate in the voting phase, and ended up with 102 finalists and 36 winners.





























