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About Kirby Quinn
Kirby Quinn is an aspiring author gathering her nerves to publish her first novel.
She’s a wife, a mother, and a tech nerd who used to write purely to relax, but decided to try publishing her work. She’s still not sure how it’s going, but the stories keep coming. She writes about real people with messy lives who have to earn their redemption.
Kirby is currently working on her first novel, Once I Knew It Mattered — a sharp and emotionally charged story about a man obsessed with controlling his world, and his struggle to find his way after becoming the sole caregiver for his developmentally delayed brother.
Kirby was never intending to publish her writing. But the stories wouldn’t leave her alone. Eventually, she stopped trying to ignore them.
Once I Knew It Mattered
Dan McIntyre built an empire by controlling people, outcomes, and emotions. But when his developmentally disabled brother Brett is placed in his care, control disappears.
What begins as obligation becomes a reckoning. Dan must face his guilt, his failures, and the slow, unglamorous truth of what it means to love someone vulnerable. The brother he once overlooked may be the only person who truly sees him.
This is a story about presence. About falling short, then trying harder. And about how the simplest mind can carry the deepest wisdom.
Tentative Release: October 2025
Since You Came Home
Jack Sanderson was never supposed to end up homeless. A brilliant software developer with wealth, success, and the perfect life, he had everything, until his illness took it all away. Unable to ask for help, he faded into the shadows, unseen and ignored.
His last chance at survival comes from the most unlikely source: his estranged mother, Ellen Sanderson, a ruthless Cook County State’s Attorney with a reputation for never looking back. Forced into guardianship of the son she barely knows, Ellen is determined to pull him back from the edge.
But Jack isn’t the only one who needs saving. As mother and son struggle to bridge the years between them, old wounds and buried betrayals threaten to tear them apart again. And with political and personal enemies ready to weaponize his illness, Jack faces a choice—fight for the life he lost or disappear forever.
Tentative release date: March 2026
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