This is the dramatic story (yeah, yeah, just go with it) of how former lawyer Dayna Lorentz found her true calling in the emotionally turbulent realm of the YA novel.
Modern business is pure chaos. This series is about the people who are adapting to disruption, and succeeding. READ MORE Dayna Lorentz was an up-and-coming young lawyer in New York City when she realized her passion lay elsewhere. Unlike most people, she did something about it, going back to school--yet again--for an MFA in creative writing. Just a few years after starting on this new path, Lorentz’s trilogy for young readers called No Safety in Numbers, about a bioterror attack in a suburban shopping mall, which Kirkus Reviews called an “engrossing thriller.” Now living with her family and dogs in Vermont, Lorentz spoke with Fast Company about her learning process, the necessity of extending stories beyond the page, and how the YA category is saving the book.
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