May 1, 2020

Jan Notzon’s “Id Paradox” Is a Story of Survival On the Border

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In this episode 101, we visit with Jan Notzon, author of “The Id Paradox” and “Song for the Forsaken,” among other novels.

His novel, “The Id Paradox,” is the story of three friends, Jake, Artie and Connors whose bond was forged during an almost fatal canoe trip in which only Artie’s genius for survival kept them alive. It follows their ill-fated attempt to pass Artie’s family across the border, his capture by a drug cartel and Jake and Connors’s harrowing rescue attempt from a Mexican prison and then from the prison of madness. His latest, “Song For The Forsaken,” chronicles the tale of two sisters and the loss of faith that tests the bond between them.

Jan is also a playwright and has worked as an actor, appearing on Another World, Search for Tomorrow, Matlock, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and in Beverly Lewis’ The Confession on The Hallmark Channel, a work directed by Michael Landon Jr.

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Author’s website: www.jannotzon.com

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About the Author

Jan Notzon’s first novel, The Dogs Barking, is a coming-of-age story set in a sleepy backwater Texas border town in the 1950s, through the dislocation of university life in the ’60s and on to the raw, frenetic power of New York City. His second novel, And Ye Shall Be As Gods, recounts a brother’s fight to rescue his beloved sister from the clutches of despair and his lost love from the prison of catatonia. His next novel, The Id Paradox, is the story of three friends, assumed betrayal, rescue and healing from the horrors of PTSD. His latest, Song For The Forsaken, chronicles the tale of two sisters and the loss of faith that tests the bond between them.

Jan also has written seven full-length plays, a one-act, The Forsaken, which was produced in two different venues in New York City and premiered in Columbia, SC. His play The Cosmological Constant was workshopped and presented as a staged reading at Actors’ Theatre in Charlotte, NC by the Applebox Production Company. His play When Good Men Do Nothing was a finalist in the Dramarama Competition in San Francisco. He has also written one children’s story, The Gift of Arbol Ceiba.

Jan has also worked as an actor, appearing on Another World, Search for Tomorrow, Matlock, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and, most recently, in Beverly Lewis’ The Confession on The Hallmark Channel, a work directed by Michael Landon Jr., starring Adrian Paul and Sherry Stringfield.

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