? Partnering with Crystal Patriarche at BookSparks PR to secure book reviews and content in national print and online media. ? Guest speaking at trauma conferences, domestic violence presentations, and radio interviews on interpersonal violence. ? Working with local and national domestic violence advocates in October as a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. ? Pitching the National Memoir Writers Association (of which the author is a member) to be a featured member and guest at the monthly roundtable discussion, or to be a teleseminar guest. ? Pitching excerpts to websites of national and international violence and childhood trauma prevention organizations for possible inclusion on their recommended reading lists. ? Participating in She Writes book tour. ? Guest interviews and workshops with local writing groups like 49 Writers and the Alaska Writer?s Guild.

Now a Lifetime television movie starring Sarah Drew, Stolen By Their Father was adapted from the story of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters about a young mother and her daughters face the unimaginable consequences after leaving abuse. In 1994, Lizbeth Meredith said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with their non-custodial father only to learn days later that they had been kidnapped and taken to their father's home country of Greece. Twenty-nine and just on the verge of making her dreams of financial independence for her and her daughters come true, Lizbeth now faced a 100,000 dollar problem on a 10 dollar an hour budget. For the next two years fueled by memories of her own childhood kidnapping, Lizbeth traded in her small life for a life more public, traveling to the White House and Greece, and becoming a local media sensation in order to garner interest in her efforts. The generous community of Anchorage becomes Lizbeth's makeshift family?one that is replicated by a growing number of Greeks and expats overseas who help Lizbeth navigate the turbulent path leading back to her daughters.