Coming September 2025

The Midwizard of Cosconia

Isadore loses the love of her life in a failed blood magic ritual.

Sixteen years later, a brutal war looms on the horizon. Imagine it: a horde of bloodthirsty orcs. Boulder hurling giants. Elves with bows at the ready. Doesn't it make you wonder... where do babies come from?

Cue a reinvented Izzie the MidWizard, traveling around Cosconia delivering the babies of magical creatures as each of the twelve mythical races prepare for bloody battle. Can the badass midwiz prevent giant babies--pardon the oxymoron--from getting stuck? Will the tiny dwarf babies be too small? What about that litter of halflings? Will she ever find love again?

Zack Schoppen

Hi! I’m Zack (with a “K” - don’t forget it!): OBGYN, women’s health advocate, proud owner of two Aussiedoodles, and author of debut fantasy novel “The Midwizard of Cosconia.”

I've been to all 7 continents, speak fluent Spanish, and have delivered thousands of babies. I've read hundreds of fantasy books, and I feel like they're all missing one thing: accurate representation of pregnancy and childbearing!

Women’s health is severely underrepresented in fantasy literature (and the entire world in general, don’t even get me started on that). All of us were born at some point—I think, please tell me if you weren't—yet somehow we rarely see pregnant characters in fantasy books, and there are certainly very few depictions of labor and delivery. I'm about to change that!

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