Author Spotlight: Emily Conrad
How much of the book is based in real life? Very little except the setting. From Main Street to the doctor’s office to the bridge where Jake and Brooklyn meet up a couple of times, many of the locations are inspired by my hometown. We have a nice Main Street...Why Write about Dark Topics?
I am often asked why I choose to write about “dark subject matter” like sex trafficking. I’ve seen some tragic stuff in my life, as I’m sure most of us have. As a public high school teacher, my glimpse of life has been influenced by teenage...Every Story is a Layer of Trust & Lies…
When I supervised a playground some years ago I watched how the children chose playmates and activities, how they spoke to each other and shared important information they had gleaned from the conversation of adults and other young people in an effort to learn how to align themselves. We all grow up with our biases. We cannot escape them.