A former newspaper reporter and investigative journalist, Meredith O'Brien has written four books in a variety of genres.
A Boston area writer, she has two books slated for publication in 2025. Louie on the Rocks is a novel about the impact of Trump era political polarization on a family, and Uncomfortably Numb 2 is a guide for newly-diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients.
She's currently working on a work of creative nonfiction about the making of a Millennial Massachusetts minister.
In 2020, her medical memoir, "Uncomfortably Numb," chronicled the impact her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has had on her life.
Her book -- "Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room" -- won an Independent Book Publishe
Kathleen Somers, a debut author, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, and works as a freelance graphic designer and copywriter. She is a passionate observer of humanity who believes in the power of connection that comes from each of us sharing our individual stories, and the importance of authenticity when doing it. Having spent 24 years guiding her son through a disability most can’t see has not made her an authority on the topic. It’s having been the student to all that he has taught her that has brought her closer than anything ever will. When Kathleen isn’t busy with her career as a creative, she is out on her bike finding new roads to explore, or spending time with her son, opening his eyes to eve
