01 / Historical fiction
History with the tide still in it.
Novels of courage, consequence, and the people who rise when it matters.
Explore historical fiction →NIPI Books by Jon Nappa
It all begins with stories worth telling.
Independent historical fiction and picture books by author and screenwriter Jon Nappa, alongside custom heirloom biographies for families.
4 / 5Foreword Clarion reviews
for four NIPI titles
for four NIPI titles
2018Maine Literary Awards finalist
for What Longfellow Heard
for What Longfellow Heard
35+years telling stories
across books and screen
across books and screen
Find your next story
And continues with Books worth keeping.
02 / Fantasy adventure
A voyage beyond the visible world.
A mythic sea journey of pirates, magic, and mysteries with more at stake than the map can show.
Explore fantasy adventure →03 / Children’s picture books
Big feelings, warmly held.
Illustrated stories for shared reading, bright questions, and tender bedtime rituals.
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04 / Custom heirloom biographies
Keep a life from becoming a footnote.
Bring a family story into a book made to be read, shared, and handed forward.
Learn about heirloom biographies →Featured title
What Longfellow Heard
A Novel of Love and the Civil War
“The captivating historical novel covers the nineteenth-century life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.”Foreword Clarion Reviews, 4/5Discover the novel
From reviewers
“I really liked it. Henry comes vibrantly to life in these pages, and the way Nappa massages in Longfellow’s poetry and writing process is very deft.”
Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls
“Jon Nappa’s Longfellow is remarkable. The book does an amazing job of humanizing Henry. It works brilliantly.”
SHAYE AREHEART, PUBLISHER OF THE SHAYE AREHEART IMPRINT OF CROWN BOOKS, 5/5
“The captivating historical novel covers the nineteenth-century life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.”
Foreword Clarion Reviews, 4/5
Meet Jon Nappa
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Jon Nappa has spent more than 35 years creating stories across books, screen, audio, and custom biographies.
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