Being in high school can be a bit overwhelming for some people but then there are the
ones who can get through with a breeze, take AP classes, be in clubs, student
organizations,etc.

Q: When you started researching for this story, were there any challenges you faced?

A: I started researching it around COVID, so that was really difficult. It was seventh grade… so
COVID had just happened. I was at home a lot, but I also had virtual school work that was hard,
so I worked around that. But other than that, I just did a lot of it at home when I had the time.

Q What’s the title for your book? What was the process of naming it?

A: “Lost In the Lies” is the title of the book, but it was actually kind of difficult. Once you get in
the flow of writing, it’s pretty easy, but titles are really hard because you want short phrases that
you want to capture the entire book, and “Lost In The Lies” is 38 chapters plus a prologue. So
to capture all of that in a few words, is really hard. It started off with an awful title when I actually
started writing it in a restaurant with my dad. a We originally called it “A new better life.” later I
was like “I don’t like that,” and so I just started writing down a lot of words that I thought went
with it. I started with like loss, pain and eventually came up with “Lost in The Lies.”

Q:how was the process of publishing the book?

A: The process was really strange, I had started publishing around last July. I’m working with
Amazon, and so how that worked is I originally had a project manager as an assistant project
manager, but then we don’t talk about them because they messed everything up. Now. I work
with Kindle direct publishing, which is still through Amazon. I sent my manuscript after editing it
multiple times. but then I set the pricing and everything, and I literally just pressed the submit
book, and I picked the date to publish for March 15..

Q: What was the process like for you creating this book while still in school?

A: It was definitely challenging, having to work around homework, scheduling and after school
activities or dances or whatever I was attending at the time. So just finding the free time was
really probably my biggest struggle, but other than that, I had multiple notes apps in Google
Docs open with all of my notes so I could keep it organized. Oftentimes, if I went a long time
without writing, I’d have to re reread everything I’ve already written to remember where I was.

Q:is there anyone you would want to acknowledge for assistance while you were creating this
book

A: Obviously, my family and my friends. My friends are a little challenging sometimes, but they
meant it vaguely. They were like, you can start 60 books but never finish one, and so that kind of
pushed me to want to prove them wrong, even though I knew they were joking. Also, Coach
Lockhart. I started originally drafting it freshman year, and so he’s been there step by step
throughout the whole thing. My eighth grade history teacher too, Miss Rainey. She has been my
rock throughout this whole thing, and I still see her because my mom works at Hefner. so I’ll go
see her and she’s like,“when it’s out, I’m getting mine signed”.

Q: Was there anything that you might have underestimated about making the book?

A: The time frame, for sure. I definitely didn’t expect it to take me four plus years to write, and
that’s not even counting the research beforehand. Like I said, I started the research in seventh
grade and didn’t originally start writing it until freshman year.ut I fact checked my book multiple
times. I’ve had other people who love history go through and check it as well.

Q: What was your most favorite part about writing this book?

A: Writing itself, I think. I designed my own cover, so that was really fun. Writing is really freeing
for me, and I’ve talked about it in therapy, and my therapist has told me something and it’s stuck
with me. Writing is a way to give me control when I feel like I have no control over anything else
in my life. So writing is just a really freeing process.

Q: Can you give me a brief description of the book?

A: It follows two young adults during World War II. It mainly follows my main character,Eva
Miram, and it starts with her journey in her Polish city, where the Nazis begin to take over. They
control how much they can eat, how much they work, when they go to sleep, and it starts with
all of that. Most of the Jewish people were naive during this time, and they were unaware of
what was happening to them. Even though they could have had a feeling it was wrong. they
couldn’t tell why. And so it starts with that, and then the Nazis come and they’re like,“Hey, if you
give us the rest of your valuables that they haven’t taken already, and pack your stuff, we’ll take
you to a new a new place, a better place with better living conditions, better education and everything.” So her family jumps on the opportunity, and they actually get in a cart with a bunch of other families, and in this cart the girl is actually warned to run away. I wonder what would have happened if she listened? So, they arrive at the camp, and the story just follows the whole journey of the characters, and the struggle they went through.