Patrick Kelly
My most recent novel is Survivors' Dawn, authored with the pen name of Ashley Warren. Survivors' Dawn is a heroic story about three college women's fight for justice.
In 2010 I read a series of articles in the Richmond Times Dispatch about the crisis of sexual assault on college campuses. Soon after I heard a NPR feature story on the same subject. At the time I had two daughters in high school. As you might expect, the stories freaked me out, and I began to pay attention to the issue.
The unending accounts of sexual assault on campuses compelled me to write Survivors’ Dawn. My goal in writing the novel was NOT to focus on the act itself, but instead to write of the victim’s journey, to tell a story about the strength, courage, and determination of survivors, to describe the obstacles they face in their pursuit of justice, and finally, to offer hope for a future where students can pursue their dreams without fear of being attacked.
In 2010 I read a series of articles in the Richmond Times Dispatch about the crisis of sexual assault on college campuses. Soon after I heard a NPR feature story on the same subject. At the time I had two daughters in high school. As you might expect, the stories freaked me out, and I began to pay attention to the issue.
The unending accounts of sexual assault on campuses compelled me to write Survivors’ Dawn. My goal in writing the novel was NOT to focus on the act itself, but instead to write of the victim’s journey, to tell a story about the strength, courage, and determination of survivors, to describe the obstacles they face in their pursuit of justice, and finally, to offer hope for a future where students can pursue their dreams without fear of being attacked.
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