Iris Dorbian
@irisdorbian.bsky.social
Forbes contributor, reporter for PE Hub/Buyouts, freelancer for a bunch of outlets, reformed club girl, theater nut, award-winning author of "Next Stop, Boston"(Black Pawn Press) and "An Epiphany in Lilacs" (3rd ed, Sunbury Press) PLEASE NO DMs
Yesterday's turnout at the New York Jewish Book Festival at the @museumofjewishheritage was great! The panel discussion I was on--"Reckoning the Holocaust through fiction" went very well. The audience was invested and the Q&A was flowing! Thank you to all for making this a wonderful event!
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yesterday's turnout at the New York Jewish Book Festival at the @museumofjewishheritage was great! The panel discussion I was on--"Reckoning the Holocaust through fiction" went very well. The audience was invested and the Q&A was flowing! Thank you to all for making this a wonderful event!
Happy Birthday to my father, my favorite Scorpio--wherever you are. #ScorpioSeason
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Birthday to my father, my favorite Scorpio--wherever you are. #ScorpioSeason
Happy Veterans Day! Here's a pic of my dad when he was a Marine. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Veterans Day! Here's a pic of my dad when he was a Marine. #VeteransDay
On Sunday 11/16, I’ll be at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC at the 2025 New York
Jewish Book Festival! I’ll be discussing my book, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" at 2 pm ET. Register here to attend for free!
mjhnyc.org/events/2025-...
@museumjewishheritage #NewYorkJewishBookFestival
Jewish Book Festival! I’ll be discussing my book, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" at 2 pm ET. Register here to attend for free!
mjhnyc.org/events/2025-...
@museumjewishheritage #NewYorkJewishBookFestival
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Sunday 11/16, I’ll be at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC at the 2025 New York
Jewish Book Festival! I’ll be discussing my book, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" at 2 pm ET. Register here to attend for free!
mjhnyc.org/events/2025-...
@museumjewishheritage #NewYorkJewishBookFestival
Jewish Book Festival! I’ll be discussing my book, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" at 2 pm ET. Register here to attend for free!
mjhnyc.org/events/2025-...
@museumjewishheritage #NewYorkJewishBookFestival
Great news! "An Epiphany in Lilacs" has won the 2025 Firebird Book Award in two categories--Holocaust and friendship. Thank you so much, Firebird and thank you to everyone who has supported this book throughout its publishing journey. #AnEpiphanyinLilacs #FirebirdBookAward
October 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great news! "An Epiphany in Lilacs" has won the 2025 Firebird Book Award in two categories--Holocaust and friendship. Thank you so much, Firebird and thank you to everyone who has supported this book throughout its publishing journey. #AnEpiphanyinLilacs #FirebirdBookAward
Fifteen years ago today, my father and best friend Hirsch Dorbian passed away. He was the last of a vanishing breed-- a true gentleman. In addition to his family, compassion, goodness and decency remain his strongest legacy. You are sorely missed, Dad. #RIPHirschDorbian
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Fifteen years ago today, my father and best friend Hirsch Dorbian passed away. He was the last of a vanishing breed-- a true gentleman. In addition to his family, compassion, goodness and decency remain his strongest legacy. You are sorely missed, Dad. #RIPHirschDorbian
Again, thank you to the Jewish Standard/New Jersey Jewish News for this beautiful article on the re-release/third edition of "An Epiphany in Lilacs." And special thank you to my publisher Sunbury Press. #SunburyPress #JewishStandard #AnEpiphanyinLilacs #printedition #Holocaustnovel
July 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Again, thank you to the Jewish Standard/New Jersey Jewish News for this beautiful article on the re-release/third edition of "An Epiphany in Lilacs." And special thank you to my publisher Sunbury Press. #SunburyPress #JewishStandard #AnEpiphanyinLilacs #printedition #Holocaustnovel
This little book with a rocky journey just broke into the Amazon Top 100 in Jewish Historical Fiction. Thank you truly and special thank you to my publisher Sunbury Press. Somewhere my father, who inspired this story, is smiling. #AmazonTop100 #HolocaustFiction #displacedpersonscamp #SunburyPress
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This little book with a rocky journey just broke into the Amazon Top 100 in Jewish Historical Fiction. Thank you truly and special thank you to my publisher Sunbury Press. Somewhere my father, who inspired this story, is smiling. #AmazonTop100 #HolocaustFiction #displacedpersonscamp #SunburyPress
This week was a challenging one for me. Early in the week, I got hit with a crisis. I'm at a much better place today. And this only increased my joy today! Squee!!! Have you gotten your copy yet? Dive into Daniel's story of recovery and hope. www.sunburypress.com/products/an-... #authorcopies
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This week was a challenging one for me. Early in the week, I got hit with a crisis. I'm at a much better place today. And this only increased my joy today! Squee!!! Have you gotten your copy yet? Dive into Daniel's story of recovery and hope. www.sunburypress.com/products/an-... #authorcopies
After a delay caused by the holiday, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" is set to relaunch this week with its third edition published by Sunbury Press. Very excited and grateful. Here's the full cover image, with the back cover. #SunburyPress #bookrelaunch #Holocaust #displacedpersonscamp
July 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
After a delay caused by the holiday, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" is set to relaunch this week with its third edition published by Sunbury Press. Very excited and grateful. Here's the full cover image, with the back cover. #SunburyPress #bookrelaunch #Holocaust #displacedpersonscamp
I’m proud to share the new cover for the third edition of my novel, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" to be published soon by Sunbury Press. The book is inspired by my father’s real-life experiences as a young Holocaust survivor recovering in a DP camp in Germany after WWII. #CoverReveal #SunburyPress
June 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’m proud to share the new cover for the third edition of my novel, "An Epiphany in Lilacs" to be published soon by Sunbury Press. The book is inspired by my father’s real-life experiences as a young Holocaust survivor recovering in a DP camp in Germany after WWII. #CoverReveal #SunburyPress
Happy Memorial Day! This is a pic of my favorite veteran, my dad, when he was in the Marines. #MemorialDay
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy Memorial Day! This is a pic of my favorite veteran, my dad, when he was in the Marines. #MemorialDay
Eighty years ago tomorrow, my then 14-year-old father was liberated on an abandoned naval base in Neustadt-Holstein, Germany, by British troops. In this pic, he's holding a dog Pikush that he was taking care of when he was living in the DP camp. Happy Anniversary Dad! #Holocaustremembrance
May 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Eighty years ago tomorrow, my then 14-year-old father was liberated on an abandoned naval base in Neustadt-Holstein, Germany, by British troops. In this pic, he's holding a dog Pikush that he was taking care of when he was living in the DP camp. Happy Anniversary Dad! #Holocaustremembrance
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, I'd like to remember my late father Hirsch Dorbian, who in 1943, was arrested with his mother and two older sisters and sent to what would be their first concentration camp Kaiserwald in Riga. This is Dad's ID card in the DP camp after the war. He was only 14.
January 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On this #HolocaustRemembranceDay, I'd like to remember my late father Hirsch Dorbian, who in 1943, was arrested with his mother and two older sisters and sent to what would be their first concentration camp Kaiserwald in Riga. This is Dad's ID card in the DP camp after the war. He was only 14.
Shortly after the start of the year, I was informed that “Next Stop, Boston” has won yet another award from Firebird’s 2024 book awards—in a quirky category-Best Plot Twist! Thank you, Firebird!! #bookawards #bestplottwist #firebirdbookawards #nextstopboston #BlackPawnPress
January 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Shortly after the start of the year, I was informed that “Next Stop, Boston” has won yet another award from Firebird’s 2024 book awards—in a quirky category-Best Plot Twist! Thank you, Firebird!! #bookawards #bestplottwist #firebirdbookawards #nextstopboston #BlackPawnPress
Here's my favorite veteran, my father when he was in the Marines in early 1950s. He was 19 when he was drafted, not even a citizen yet. Had been a Holocaust survivor from Latvia. Through a fluke, he ended up in the Marines (long story). A lifelong Democrat. #HappyVeteransDay #HirschDorbian
November 12, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Here's my favorite veteran, my father when he was in the Marines in early 1950s. He was 19 when he was drafted, not even a citizen yet. Had been a Holocaust survivor from Latvia. Through a fluke, he ended up in the Marines (long story). A lifelong Democrat. #HappyVeteransDay #HirschDorbian
What a lovely surprise! My rock and roll coming of age novel "Next Stop, Boston" is a 2024 Firebird Book Award winner in the coming of age category!!! Wow. Thank you to Firebird and special thank you to @BlkPawnPress for supporting and publishing the novel. #FirebirdBookAward #bookawards
April 15, 2024 at 1:53 PM
What a lovely surprise! My rock and roll coming of age novel "Next Stop, Boston" is a 2024 Firebird Book Award winner in the coming of age category!!! Wow. Thank you to Firebird and special thank you to @BlkPawnPress for supporting and publishing the novel. #FirebirdBookAward #bookawards
Won't see this again. My novel "An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps" is free today to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's number 1 in both Literary Fiction and Coming of Age categories in Amazon's top 100 free books. Thank you. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #Amazonfreebies
January 27, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Won't see this again. My novel "An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps" is free today to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's number 1 in both Literary Fiction and Coming of Age categories in Amazon's top 100 free books. Thank you. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #Amazonfreebies
Okay, folks. Here it is--the cover reveal for my soon to be published novel "Next Stop, Boston." This novel is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of a North American rock and roll tour, pre-covid. Thank you to Black Pawn Press for wanting to publish it. #novels #BlackPawnPress
September 19, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Okay, folks. Here it is--the cover reveal for my soon to be published novel "Next Stop, Boston." This novel is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of a North American rock and roll tour, pre-covid. Thank you to Black Pawn Press for wanting to publish it. #novels #BlackPawnPress