Interview for Always with a Book: In Conversation with Leslie Lindsay

Honored to have been interviewed by Leslie Lindsay for her wonderful interview series Always with a Book—which you can read here—during May on Motherhood Mental Health & Illness. Leslie and I speak on caring for family members with mental illness. as well as how de-stigmatizing these experiences and bringing them to light can "bring hope to yourself–and others" in this intimate interview.

✯ Podcast Features: "Drinks with Tony" and "LA Review of Books Radio Hour" ✯

Had such a wonderful time speaking with Tony DuShane on his podcast, "Drinks with Tony" available on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. Go listen now to hear us talk about my memoir A Room With a Darker View and specifically mental health, schizophrenia, Stephen King, healthcare, the author lifestyle, and living in a bubble (in Tony's words, "not the John Travolta bubble boy type bubble, not that there’s anything wrong with that..").

Also, catch my book recommendation on the LA Review of Books' wonderful podcast #LARBRadioHour, where I share my thoughts on Schizophrenia: A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science by Ronald Chase. Go give the episode a listen on Spotify, Podcasts, or Soundcloud. You can hear my feature at 14:50!

Interview with "This Book That Book" and More!

So happy to share that I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with the team at This Book That Book, a wonderfully diverse online resource highlighting independently published books. A special thank you to Martin Brown for the opportunity. To read the interview, visit this page or click on the photo from the piece below.

A bit after the interview went live, I was honored to find that A Room with a Darker View was placed #1 on their newest reading list: their top "12 Raw and Moving Mental Health Memoirs Everyone Should Read", amongst wonderful titles including a personal favorite of mine, the recently rediscovered W-3: A Memoir by Bette Howland. To dive into that article click below.

If you want to get a copy of A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of my Mother and Schizophrenia, its available at many local bookstores in Los Angeles like Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena or Skylight Books in Los Feliz as well as being available on Indiebound! To stay updated with me also follow me on twitter and instagram.