LB LoudenBooks

Independent Family Imprint · Est. 2024

Books from a family
that won’t stop writing.

LoudenBooks is the independent imprint that publishes the Loudens. Democracy scholarship. Autism memoir. Biblical reflection. Children’s adventure. Four authors, one last name, a shared habit of explaining something hard in language anyone can follow.

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What We Publish

The honest version.

LoudenBooks is a family imprint. It was built to publish the books the Loudens were already going to write — not to chase a category, a trend, or a market opening.

What that means in practice: the catalog isn’t curated around a single genre. Rick writes political analysis and biblical reflection. Paul writes memoir and lived experience. Becca writes adventures for her daughter. Brian does the infrastructure and the AI tooling that makes the more complex projects possible. Each book is an expression of its author, not an entry in a marketing plan.

What ties the catalog together isn’t subject matter. It’s voice — clarity, rigorous sourcing where the subject demands it, and a stubborn insistence on plain language. The family habit is explaining something hard in a way anyone can follow. Every book in the catalog is a version of that.

Full Catalog

Every title we’ve published.

American Democracy: A System Corrupted

Political Analysis · 2026

American Democracy: A System Corrupted

Using AI to Track Democracy’s Decline — and Chart the Path Back

Richard Louden · AI by Brian Louden

AI as unbiased auditor: scoring U.S. democratic health year-by-year from 1990 to 2025.

Coming 2026
AUTISM — Behind The Locked Door

Memoir · 2017 · ★ 4.5

AUTISM — Behind The Locked Door

Understanding My Life as an Autistic

Paul Louden

An adult on the autism spectrum describes the world from inside the experience — for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand.

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The Parables
of Jesus

Biblical Reflection · 2024

The Parables of Jesus in the Gospels

Bible-Based Wisdom — Life Lessons for Modern Daily Living

Richard Louden

Uses AI for research and visual illustration to extract the practical wisdom of Jesus’ parables and apply them to modern daily life.

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Atlas and the Dinosaur

Children’s Adventure

Atlas and the Dinosaur

Rebecca Mendelson Hughson (Becca Louden)

An imagination-forward adventure for young readers — written by a mother for her daughter Atlas.

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The Roster

The authors.

Four Loudens. Each with their own site, their own voice, and their own reason for writing.

Rick Louden with Debbie

Richard “Rick” Louden

Political Analysis · Biblical Reflection

Retired after decades in business, Rick writes to make sense of things that matter. His 2026 flagship, American Democracy: A System Corrupted, uses AI to audit democratic decline. His 2024 Parables volume does the same close-reading work on scripture.

richardlouden.com →
Paul Louden

Paul Louden

Memoir · Autism Advocacy

Brian’s brother. An adult on the autism spectrum, author of AUTISM — Behind The Locked Door (2017, ★4.5 / 88 reviews). Paul has shared his perspective with parents, educators, and employers for years; the book remains his most complete written account.

paul.loudenmedia.com →
Becca Louden (Rebecca Mendelson Hughson)

Rebecca Mendelson Hughson

Children’s Fiction · Mother’s Voice

Brian’s daughter. Known as Becca. Mother, educator, and author of Atlas and the Dinosaur — written for her own Atlas and shared with any child who will hold still long enough to listen.

beccamendelsonlouden.com →
Brian Louden

Brian Louden

Contributing Author · AI & Infrastructure

Rick’s son. Paul’s brother. Becca’s father. Brian runs the ecosystem, builds the tools, and did the AI prompt engineering that made American Democracy possible. Journalist, publisher, and the reason LoudenBooks exists at all.

brianlouden.com →

The Imprint

Published by Wind River Group LLC.

LoudenBooks is an independent publishing imprint operated by Wind River Group LLC, a Texas-registered entity. Books are produced in the U.S. Virgin Islands and distributed through Amazon and other major retailers. We do not sell directly to readers.

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