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I didn't want to be an author

I write not just for the boy taken too early from this world, but for the little girl who grew up too scared to speak her truth. I write because I now know stories can light up the Shadow and save a life—two lives. But one is enough.

by Tiffany Chu

I didn't want to be an author
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