Katrin van Dam discovered her passion for writing for children while working in children's media. Her early work involved crafting activity booklets for VHS tapes. Now a creative executive at a major media company, she writes in her spare time. Her writing reflects a deep engagement with performance and storytelling, honed through years of experience in theatrical and media production.
Senior year at high school is going to be hard enough for Rooney Harris, desperate to get into a good college and away from her small town, but things get tougher when she ends up as the sole support for herself and her younger brother because of their mother's obsession with the Next World Society, a cult that believes they will be whisked away to a new world paradise on November 17.