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2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of

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I feel like you know me well enough that I can tell you this. Last night I told the “invisible

One of my favorite women is someone I’ve never met in-person. Until we spoke on the phone, I’ve known Sandra

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This week I caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen in ages. Our oddball conversation ran the gamut from

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Poetry has never been my strong suit, but today I found a poem I wrote decades ago. I was old

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