![]() ![]() More than 20 million Americans are battling substance-use addiction. ![]() The biggest thing I see impacting children are things happening in their world beyond their control, and one of the most life-impacting Adverse Childhood Experiences is parental substance-use addiction. One of my professional areas of focus is around bolstering resilience in children who have experienced trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences. ![]() I’m a young adult author (my debut was All the Walls of Belfast), but I have also been a school psychologist working in the schools for the past twelve years. That’s a big part of why I chose to set Everything’s Not Fine in Sparta, Wisconsin, and it’s amazing to see it featured on such a highly-regarded list. Growing up, I never read a book set in Wisconsin, let alone small-town Wisconsin. I’m beyond honored to share that my Contemporary Young Adult novel Everything’s Not Fine was nominated as a Kirkus YA Best Books of 2020 About Finding Inner Strength.įor most of my formative years, I lived in small Wisconsin towns these places helped shape me into who I am today. ![]()
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