Books with author Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Read the #1 Amazon bestseller by "one of the foremost writers of disability and higher education we have today."Academia isn’t an easy place to be if your brain isn’t quite right.Colleagues carelessly call each other “schizo” and “bipolar.” Another colleague is fired—easy enough to do these days, when most college teachers no longer have tenure—for “instability.” In these ways and many more, psychiatrically disabled people working in higher education are reminded every day that their privilege, their very livelihoods, can be stripped away by the groundless suspicions of others. Their lives can be, in an instant, interrupted.The essays in this book cover topics such as disclosure of disabilities, accommodations and accessibility, how to be a good abled friend to a disabled person, the trigger warnings debate, and more. Written for a popular audience, for those with disabilities and for those who want to learn more about living a disabled life, Life of the Mind Interrupted aims to make higher education, and the rest of our society, more humane.Part of the Blue Crow Books Critical Higher Education Series."Pryal is one of the foremost writers of disability and higher education we have today." -Catherine J. Prendergast, Ph.D., Professor of Disability Studies“Pryal’s wit and humor shine through even as she tackles harrowing subjects, like living with depression and suicide. She shows us how important it is to make academia, and our world, more accessible for everyone. … This is not a book to miss.” -Kelly J. Baker, author of Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Higher Education

Read the #1 Amazon bestseller by "one of the foremost writers of disability and higher education we have today."Academia isn’t an easy place to be if your brain isn’t quite right.Colleagues carelessly call each other “schizo” and “bipolar.” Another colleague is fired—easy enough to do these days, when most college teachers no longer have tenure—for “instability.” In these ways and many more, psychiatrically disabled people working in higher education are reminded every day that their privilege, their very livelihoods, can be stripped away by the groundless suspicions of others. Their lives can be, in an instant, interrupted.The essays in this book cover topics such as disclosure of disabilities, accommodations and accessibility, how to be a good abled friend to a disabled person, the trigger warnings debate, and more. Written for a popular audience, for those with disabilities and for those who want to learn more about living a disabled life, Life of the Mind Interrupted aims to make higher education, and the rest of our society, more humane.Part of the Blue Crow Books Critical Higher Education Series."Pryal is one of the foremost writers of disability and higher education we have today." -Catherine J. Prendergast, author of Buying into English: Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World“Pryal’s wit and humor shine through even as she tackles harrowing subjects, like living with depression and suicide. She shows us how important it is to make academia, and our world, more accessible for everyone. … This is not a book to miss.” -Kelly J. Baker, award-winning author of Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Higher Education

“A collection blazing with seduction, trickery, conflict, and grief, Wicked South: Secrets and Lies is a saga of bitter deceits and breathtaking victories.” -Heather Ezell, author of Nothing Left to BurnFor good or ill—on the page or in life—few things are more alluring than the siren song of a secret. Secrets can bind us together or rip us apart—but one thing’s for sure: they make a great story. At the heart of each story in this genre-crossing collection lies a secret. A boy who is not a boy at all, a neighbor with a mysterious ability, a first love that isn’t what it seems, a girl who leaves her scarred and broken heart at the bottom of a river.Friendships, first loves, revenge and betrayals—the characters in these stories are tortured by the secrets they’ve kept and the lies they’ve told—can they each find redemption as they learn to separate the wicked from the wise?Wicked South: Secrets and Lies is an anthology featuring young adult stories by authors from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Contributors are New York Times Bestselling author Emily Colin, Elizabeth DeVido, award-winning author Lauren Faulkenberry, Amy Hyatt Fonseca, Lauren Fulcher, award-winning author Robin Kirk, John Klekamp, Karissa Laurel, and Katie Rose Guest Pryal.A portion of the proceeds from Wicked South will benefit literacy programs at El Centro Hispano (elcentronc.org) in Durham, North Carolina.“Menacing fairy folk and locker room monsters. Forbidden love and time-traveling adventures. The nine twisty tales in Wicked South: Secrets and Lies take readers to atmospheric corners of the American South (and beyond) filled with heartfelt characters and alluring mysteries.” -John Claude Bemis, award-winning author of The Wooden Prince and The Clockwork Dark Trilogy

Barbara, a medical resident, lost her Air Force pilot husband when his plane was shot down by enemy fire in Afghanistan. She wonders if she will ever love again, feel warm again. She freezes out Chris, a fellow resident at the hospital who also has a difficult past. But Chris isn't easily deterred. As a second loss tears at Barbara's heart, will Chris be the one to break down the barrier?A novella by the author of the Hollywood Lights Series.Interview with the AuthorQ. What was your inspiration to write Entanglement?A. I think we're all fascinated by the people who don't quite fit in to the normal cone of expected human behavior. These are the people who were outcasts in high school, and who maybe were in college, too. They might have had a friend or two, but they struggled to say the right thing, and it showed. They were socially awkward. They were the geek girls. Maybe you wondered, What goes on inside their heads? In Entanglement, with Greta, I get to show you.Q. It seems as if it falls into several genres. How would you categorize it?A. Entanglement is a plot-driven story that begins with a crime that you must unravel as you read--like a mystery--yet it focuses on the close relationship between two women--which means it's a love story. The main character, Greta, for all that she is a misfit, is very funny. Part of her humor stems from her intelligence, and part of it stems from her unique way of seeing the world. She finds most people wildly irrational, and she isn't afraid to say so.Q. What makes Entanglement fresh?A. Many great books have been set in L.A. My favorite is Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion. I needed to find a way to tell an L.A. story that didn't replay old themes, or a way that would at least bend those themes into new, unpredictable shapes. No one in this coming of age novel wants to be a movie star, for example. In fact, they heap scorn on those who do, even if they do enjoy the L.A. night life.Q. The story focuses on love and friendship, in this case between two 20-something girls. What can you say about their relationship?A. Everything about the girls' familial relationships was broken. These two had no one else until they met each other. It's hard to imagine a friendship like that. I had a friendship like that once, but it's gone now. I wanted to write about how that intensity can keep you alive when it seems like nothing else will, and what it's like to lose it. The betrayal of trust, what's it like to feel betrayed.Q. What do you enjoy reading?A. I will read any book except ones where the female characters are afterthoughts or non-existent. I love historical romance, urban fantasies, Booker Prize winners, SF (especially by women, and I wish there were more), Tana French (she's her own category), P.D. James (so is she), and of course that great big category called Women's Fiction.CategoriesWomen's FictionContemporary FictionShort Stories

“A collection blazing with seduction, trickery, conflict, and grief, Wicked South: Secrets and Lies is a saga of bitter deceits and breathtaking victories.” -Heather Ezell, author of Nothing Left to BurnFor good or ill—on the page or in life—few things are more alluring than the siren song of a secret.At the heart of each story in this genre-crossing collection lies a secret. A boy who is not a boy at all, a neighbor with a mysterious identity, a tortured student with a list that isn’t what it seems, a girl who abandoned the person she used to be at the bottom of a river.Conflict and possibility are embedded in a secret’s very nature…betrayal and conspiracy are encoded in its DNA. Secrets can transform. They can alienate, anger, or inspire.One thing is for sure: They make a great story.Wicked South: Secrets and Lies is an anthology featuring young adult stories by authors from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Contributors are New York Times Bestselling author Emily Colin, Elizabeth DeVido, award-winning author Lauren Faulkenberry, Amy Hyatt Fonseca, Lauren Fulcher, award-winning author Robin Kirk, John Klekamp, Karissa Laurel, and Katie Rose Guest Pryal.A portion of the proceeds from Wicked South will benefit literacy programs at El Centro Hispano (elcentronc.org) in Durham, North Carolina.“Menacing fairy folk and locker room monsters. Forbidden love and time-traveling adventures. The nine twisty tales in Wicked South: Secrets and Lies take readers to atmospheric corners of the American South (and beyond) filled with heartfelt characters and alluring mysteries.” -John Claude Bemis, award-winning author of The Wooden Prince and The Clockwork Dark Trilogy