I do not have a day job, but I wouldn’t exactly say my writing covers my living expenses. Do you depend on your writing for income, or do you also have a day job? If so, what do you do? How do you make time for your family? I do have a group of teen readers that I hand my finished drafts off to before I send them in, but no…my kids pretty much know very little about my books until they are done and shipped off.Įllie: As the daughter of an author, I know how exhausting it gets working a day job and writing all night. In fact, I rarely discuss my books with anyone, with the exception of my agent and editor, until they are complete. Do you run your story ideas by your own children before you write them? Welcome Trisha, it’s good to talk to you again.īrian: Just reading the synopsis, it strikes me that this is a story that my youngest daughter (and interview partner) Ellie, would go wild for. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options-confess her deception or live her sister’s life.

Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy’s life was full of secrets. Feeling responsible for Maddy’s death and everyone’s grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. When-after a heated argument-Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. In fact, she’s chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy’s world. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy’s shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. Interview by Brian Knight and Ellie KnightĮlla and Maddy Lawton are identical twins.

The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver