Iris Dorbian
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Iris Dorbian is an arts and business journalist and award-winning novelist. As a journalist, she has covered a wide range of sectors that include small business, media, private equity/venture capital and theater/the arts. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Thomson Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Crain's New York Business, Business Insider, PE Hub, Buyouts, Venture Capital Journal, Investopedia, DMNews, Playbill, Backstage, Theatermania, Dance Magazine, Media Industry Newsletter, PRNews and Stage Directions where she served as editor-in-chief for eight years. She is the author of "Great Producers: Visionaries of the American Theater," published by Allworth Press/Skyhorse Publishing in August 2008; "Sentenced to Shakespeare," published by Sunbury Press/Milford House Press in July 2019; and the award-winning novels "Next Stop, Boston," published by Black Pawn Press in September 2023; and "An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps," third edition, published by Sunbury Press/Milford House Press in July 2025. "Next Stop, Boston" is a 2024 Firebird Book Award Winner in the coming of age and best plot twist categories, a Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner: Fiction, a Spring 2024 Readers' Choice Book Award Finalist in the best adult book category and a 2024 Storytrade Book Awards finalist in the contemporary fiction category. "An Epiphany in Lilacs" is a 2026 PenCraft Book Award winner in realistic fiction; a 2025 Firebird Book Award winner in the Holocaust and friendship categories; a 2025 Readers' Choice Book Award in the adult fiction category and a 2025 Literary Global Book Award finalist in the historical fiction and cover design (fiction) categories. The book is also a recipient of several Outstanding Creator Awards – Fall & Winter 2025 in several categories: • 1st Place – Jewish Literature • 2nd Place – Historical Fiction • 3rd Place – Multicultural / Multilingual / Bilingual Fiction • 3rd Place – Motivational / Inspirational Books Her personal essays and short stories have been featured in HBO's "Inspiration Room," Blue Lyra Review, B O D Y, Boomer Magazine, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Gothesque Magazine and Jewish Journal. A New Jersey native, Iris has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
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