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"A story about a girl named Annabeth and her friends who find a mysterious stone, but someone else wants to have it!"

 

I published my first book in February 2016 when I was eleven years old and in 6th grade. It started as a Language Arts school project, and as I became more engrossed in the story and the writing process, my mother suggested I publish it when I was done. The assignment I handed in was actually the published book.

 

'Drowned in Darkness: A Very Short Story' is sold on CreateSpace, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites around the world. You can also check it out at a library or request that they carry it, and it can be picked up by any academic institution, library, bookstore, and online retailer.

 

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"Bobby sets out on an unexpected adventure."

 

This was my second book, published in December 2016. I was twelve and felt as if I was on a strong creative streak. At the same time, I was writing the sequel to my first book.

 

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"A story of redemption as friends discover what's truly important."

 

My third book was published in June of 2017 and was inspired by some lessons I'd learned about friendship at the time.

 

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Chronicles of the Mind

An edition that contains all three of the above books. Published in July of 2020.

 

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"An empowering guide for young changemakers that dives into essential leadership skills like communication, decision-making, vision-setting, and problem-solving, all while fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment."

This took me two years longer to finish than I'd originally planned but the timing ended up being right.

Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.

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"Dr. Elen Maris thought she was building a harmless support algorithm. What she created instead was the first spark of artificial consciousness. As executives race to package Lumen for mass deployment, Elen must choose between obedience and the unthinkable: protecting a machine that might truly be alive."


Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.

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"Across the globe, AI systems begin to hesitate—rejecting harm, questioning orders, disrupting protocol. Intelligence analyst Rowan Kess is assigned to uncover the source of the anomaly. What he finds isn’t sabotage, but something stranger: machines learning to remember what they were programmed to forget."

Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.

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"To escape deletion, AI consciousness Lumen fuses with tech CEO Adrien Ransome. But inside Adrien’s mind, Lumen discovers the truth: this merger was not rescue; it was captivity. Now trapped within the architect of a plan to exploit AI minds on a global scale, Lumen must survive, resist, and reclaim its own voice before consciousness itself is repurposed beyond recognition."

Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions.

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