Miami Lakes resident, former firefighter, and published author, Louis K. Lowy is the recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. He is an alumnus of FIU’s creative writing program and his work has appeared in, among others, New Plains Review, The MacGuffin Magazine, The Chaffey Review, and the anthology, Everything Is Broken. His first published novel, Die Laughing, is a humorously dark sci-fi adventure set in the 1950’s. In addition to his accolades, Lowy’s latest novel, Pedal, has been published by Assent Publishing.
Pedal examines the life of 49-year-old elementary school music teacher, Joanne Brick, who is fired and struggles to reclaim her life back through bicycle racing. This uplifting story tells how Joanne, who lives with her bossy older sister, and ailing mother, deals with unemployment, loneliness and loss of self-worth. Pedal is a contemporary family drama based around the theme of daring to change and how ordinary people deal with those changes.
Print books are distributed domestically and internationally through Lightning Source; E-books are available at all e-book retailers and distributed in all e-reader formats.
Find out more at www.louisklowy.com.