Darlene Deacon

Darlene Deacon has worked as a television news reporter and producer. Darlene is also a character actress and a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Being a survivor or horrific child abuse, she is now working toward new legislation that would better prosecute child predators.

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Casey Maxwell Clair

CASEY MAXWELL CLAIR has worked in the entertainment industry for over thirty years. She began her career designing major motion picture campaigns and subsequently served as the Director of Advertising for Warner Bros. and ABC Motion Pictures, as well as Vice President of Advertising and Promotion for CBS Television Network. After that, she spent the next decade as a successful comedy writer and television producer for several hit sit-coms. Ms. Clair authored the well received “Still Single: Are You Making Yourself Unavailable When You Don’t Want to Be? What to Do About It”, a book on relationships in which she explored her own penchant for choosing unavailable men. She examined ways in which to change this behavior and promptly met an avail
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John Nicholl

John Nicholl is a Welsh author renowned for his gripping psychological thrillers and crime novels. Born and raised in West Wales, Nicholl draws upon his experiences as a former police officer, child protection social worker, and lecturer to craft compelling narratives that delve into the darkest corners of human nature. His work often explores themes of justice, psychological manipulation, and the resilience of the human spirit.

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Marc Finks

I'm a teacher, father, and storyteller fascinated by how big ideas shape little moments (and vice versa!). My work spans from whimsical children's tales to tongue-in-cheek historical parodies—always with a spark of adventure.

For Young Readers: The Capybara Adventure Series, where lovable siblings Carlos and Camila explore nature, solve fun mysteries, and learn about caring for our planet. Aimed at Grade 2-3 readers, these lighthearted journeys introduce curiosity, empathy, and environmental themes in every chapter.

For Adventure Lovers of All Ages: My comedic passion project The Lucifer Journals, a 70-volume saga in which a well-meaning cosmic observer (a.k.a. Lucifer) accidentally triggers humanity's major turning points—agriculture, armies
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Paige Dearth

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#1 Amazon bestselling author Paige Dearth is a survivor of child abuse. Through grit and pure determination she set out to provide a look inside the pain and suffering caused by childhood trauma through her novels.

Paige writes real-life horror and refers to her work as Fiction With Meaning. She hopes that her fictional stories will create awareness for prevention and intervention. Paige writes stories about young children who need to overcome adversity and then take you on their life’s journey. You will shed tears of joy, grief, rage, and horror. She wants her readers to be thinking about the story long after they h
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Leigh Byrne

Leigh Byrne is an American author who lives in southern Indiana. She's a self-described loner and serious NBA fan. Her works include "Call Me Tuesday," a memoir revealing her experiences as a victim of extreme child abuse, and "Call Me Cockroach," in which she details the devastating and often bizarre ways her childhood trauma has influenced her adult life.

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Toni Maguire

“Don’t tell Mummy”, my memoir of my own childhood abuse, became a UK best seller in 2007. Writing about my experiences was hard emotionally, but in retrospect it has helped me deal with my past and realize that there is no shame in being the victim. It is never the child’s fault, whatever the abuser makes them believe at the time. How can it be? I then wrote a sequel, “When Daddy Comes Home”, which deals with the mental trauma of having a father jailed for incest, return to a home where my mother welcomed him back as if nothing had happened and turned her back on me.

My success with my two autobiographies encouraged others who had kept their childhood secrets hidden to approach me and five books depicting their stories followed: Helpless, No
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Esther Wiebe

Esther is a survivor and lover of life. She has been a grocery clerk, florist, cake decorator, business owner, homeschool teacher, and missionary. She has always been a gardener, but until now, never a writer.

Born in Bolivia, Esther has lived in multiple countries and adapted to varying cultures. After living in Nicaragua for ten years as missionaries, she and her husband moved to beautiful Langley, British Columbia, Canada, where they currently live with their mostly grown children. She is passionate about Jesus, her husband Wally, and their delightful kids. She loves her enormous family and remains close with her siblings.
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Melissa Jordan

Melissa Jordan is my pen name.

I am from Northern Ireland and I have written a memoir detailing my childhood abuse at the hands of my mother and her partner. I have changed the names to protect my identity, my sisters and that of my child.

I have produced an audiobook of No One To Save Me, narrated by a native of Northern Ireland. It will be available in Audible from December 2020.

I am going to continue to self-publish books under my pen name. My main focus being self-help books tackling the issues that I personally have faced. In my next book I want to explore Life after Abuse. The effects abuse has on a child and how those are carried forward into adulthood. I want to explore what it takes to heal so you can trust again. If you can't hav
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Marnie Grundman

Runaway | Homeless Youth | Missing Foster Children Advocate and Expert

Marnie Grundman is the author of MISSING: A True Story of a Childhood Lost. Marnie has been a featured TEDx speaker and on major television and radio shows such as Breakfast Television, Global News, CP24 News, The Marilyn Denis Show, Young Justice with Zach Rhoads, Here and Now CBC, NewsTalk 1010, Wise Women Canada, CJAD, Experience 50 and the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.

Watch her TEDx Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O16O8...

A child who belonged to no one, missing at the tender age of 13, she spent years living on the streets where she experienced the worst of humanity first-hand, In her darkest hours while living in an apartment co
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