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Author's Bio:

Ara 13 was a United States Marine Corps journalist and Army
special operations soldier. He is a national columnist,
award-winning journalist, international-award-winning author,
and CovingtonMoore's featured novelist.

While a Marine Corps corporal acts as a liaison
between an island nation and the U.S. Army,
his story is hijacked by a displaced narrator
seeking a suspected criminal. The disruption
causes the characters to become aware of their
role in a novel, even rebelling against the
author’s intent, in this layered, metafictional
journey; poignant, hilarious, and utterly unique.

Editorial Review:
“Cleverly administered under the
veil of satire and narrative interplay
lies this great critique on the
evolution of morality.
Drawers & Booths is a
smart, edgy, comedic ride.”

CovingtonMoore is dedicated to
producing terrific Metafiction. We will
soon be accepting new queries in the area
of cutting-edge, thematic metafiction set
within a graceful prose. We focus on
artists who, while employing humor,
ultimately reward the reader with a point.
Ara 13 exemplifies our literary ambitions.

About the Award:
Drawers & Booths won an IPPY—
the world’s largest international
book awards competition,
independent or otherwise. Ara 13
competed against releases from
production houses such as,
Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Yale, and
other university presses, as well
as Pulitzer finalist Dave Eggers’
production house, McSweeney’s,
and Barnes & Nobles’ alliance
press, iUniverse. Ara 13’s novel
was selected from 3,175 entrants
representing 16 countries:
Trinidad to Thailand, Croatia to
Czech Republic, and France to
Finland. Drawers & Booths was
one of 32 books to receive the
moniker, “Outstanding Book of
the Year,” and Ara won a Bronze
Medal as “Storyteller of the Year.”

According to 2008 Independent
Publisher Book Awards, Ara 13
exhibits “the courage and
creativity to take chances, break
new ground, and bring about
change, not only to the world of
publishing, but to our society.”