Toni Morrison: 40 Mark Twain: 41 Marcel Proust: 43 Henry Miller: 44 JRR Tolkien: 45 Raymond Chandler: 51 Richard Adams: 52 Annie Proulx: 57 Laura Ingalls Wilder: 65 Frank McCourt: 66 Harriett Doerr: 74 Harry Bernstein: 96 No, you’re not too old to publish your first book.

Long term insurance rate increases are bankrupting seniors with double and triple digit increases. What's worse is that lawmakers are doing nothing about this. Whose side are they on?

Sonia Ruiz, a teenager in 1980s Chile, learns her father and others murdered her best friend Angie’s family, but missed Angie who was not at home at the time. To save Angie’s life, Sonia must flee the country with her. #PitMad #YA #AD

Stories with strong female protagonists Friendships tested by life-altering events Readers who enjoyed Under a Painted Sky by Stacy Lee and The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff will enjoy ESCAPE FROM RANCAGUA, set in 1980s Chile #Pit Mad #YA #AD

Stories with strong female protagonists Friendships tested by life-altering events Readers who enjoyed Under a Painted Sky by Stacy Lee and The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff will enjoy ESCAPE FROM RANCAGUA, set in 1980s Chile #PitMad #YA #AD

Sonia Ruiz, a teenager in 1980s Chile, learns her father and others murdered her best friend Angie’s family, but missed Angie, who was not at home at the time. To save Angie’s life, Sonia must flee the country with her. #PitMad #YA #AD

Is young adult historical fiction a hard sell in today's market?

When eighteen-year-old Sonia Ruiz, who lives in Chile during Pinochet’s dictatorship in the 1980s, learns her father plotted to murder her best friend Angie’s family, the only way to keep her best friend alive is to flee the country with her. #PitMad #YA #HF #AD

Sonia Ruiz, a teenager in 1980s Chile, learns her father and others murdered her best friend Angie’s family, but missed Angie who was not at home at the time. To save Angie’s life, Sonia must flee the country with her. #PitMad #YA #HF #AD

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Against the backdrop of a 1980s dictatorship in Chile, Sonia discovers that her father, a government employee, was involved in the murder of her best friend's family—everyone except Angie, who was with her at the time. Sonia and Angie must flee their homeland.

When her mother died, Sonia promised to take care of her father, but when she finds evidence that he and others murdered her best friend's family—everyone except Angie—the two must flee the country before the murderers return to finish the job. #Mood Pitch #YA #HF

When her mother died, Sonia promised to take care of her father, but when she finds evidence that he and others murdered her best friend's family—everyone except Angie—the two must flee the country before the murderers return to finish the job. #moodpitch #YA #HF

Sonia was the perfect daughter to her father until she found out he and others murdered her best friend's family missing Angie who was out with Sonia at the time. #moodpitch #YA #HF

My co-author and I are planning our second novel. It doesn't get any easier, does it?

Canceling student loan debt teaches students they can run up the bill and somebody else will pay for it. This is the worst thing that could happen to the entitlement generation. There is no such thing as a free lunch, someone always has to pay for it!

When her mother died, Sonia promised to take care of her father, but when she finds evidence that he and others murdered her best friend's family—everyone except Angie, who was with Sonia at the time—the two must flee 1980s Chile before the murderers return. #WMPitch #YA #H

Does Lana want to go out?