Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Traveling to a war zone; exposing family secrets; revealing mortifying truths in order to break the grip of shame: Three Steerforth Press authors put themselves out there for the sake of honest storytelling and the power of human connection. This panel was part of Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal's Winter 2025 Virtual Book & Author Festival that debuted on December 4, 2025 and features the following authors:

Francesca Fontana, THE FAMILY SNITCH
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Maria Milland, BORN AT THE GATES OF HELL
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Jowita Bydlowska, UNSHAMING
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Moderator: Chip Fleischer, Co-founder and Senior Editor, Steerforth Press