Authors
In our follow up interview, mindyourmind talks to Frank Warren about secrets.
Karma for beginners is a novel for young adults. It is about Tessa, a fourteen year old girl with an unusual life. Her mom moves them around a lot, and is always trying to be spiritual.
A Gift of Grace is the story of a mother’s love and determination to see her son succeed in life despite addiction, mental illness...
Crossing 13 is an emotionally-driven story about a thirteen year old girl who was unfortunately faced with her father’s self-inflicted death. This story follows the days leading up to the suicide as well as after, demonstrating the turbulent journey that her and her family were faced with.
Kate Le Page was born in April 1978 in Guernsey, Channel Islands. From a young age, she acquired a love of travel and a keen interest in language. At the age of 20, Kate was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in 1998.
Frank Warren had an idea one day, to leave blank post cards in public places, with instructions to send them back decorated and anonymous, with a secret that no one else knew.
Paint It Black is a very intricate and captivating novel that keeps you glued to the book right from the start. Josie Tyrell is the main character in the book that lives a very open and care free lifestyle. Michael Faraday was Josie’s boyfriend, who commits suicide...
"I have searched, in vain, for many years, for a book that would in some way reassure me that I wasn't alone. I have never met another self-injurer and hoped to find something that would help me to understand why I am the way I am." - Vanessa Vega, author,“Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope"
Stories ask us to empathize with the protagonists (relating to the characters is what makes reading affect us!) and I really believe in asking readers to empathize with people whose lives are often overlooked and ignored by our culture...I think opening those worlds up to readers can change the way they think about the world.
mindyourmind.ca found Ellie on Myspace. Ellie is a young girl who is brave enough to post some of her deeply personal and profound poems on her profile.
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