Beyond That Room - Hardcover

Atkins, Elizabeth Ann: - Elizabeth Ann Atkins is a best-selling author, an Emmy-nominated TV host, actress, and journalist who teaches how to unlock one's infinite potential to live and love in peace and purpose. Elizabeth created and hosts The Goddess Power Show with Elizabeth Ann Atkins(R), a podcast and YouTube channel exploring provocative topics to empower women to live bigger, better and bolder. Elizabeth and her sister Catherine M. Greenspan created Two Sisters Writing and Publishing(R), which has written and published 60 memoirs, novels, business books, poetry books, and journals since its creation in 2016. Elizabeth and Catherine have written and published dozens of books, including their mother's book, The Triumph of Rosemary: A Memoir, by Judge Marylin E. Atkins, which is being developed into a screenplay that will be shopped to Hollywood for a feature film. Their mother wrote the book herself, chronicling her controversial, interracial marriage to former Roman Catholic Priest Thomas Lee Atkins. Elizabeth has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan. She has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, NPR, and many other programs. As America's Book Coach, she helps aspiring authors achieve their dreams of becoming published authors. The bestselling author of 40 books, Elizabeth also co-hosts MI Healthy Mind, a weekly, Emmy-nominated TV show aiming to shatter the stigma of mental illness, addiction, and abuse. She is also a certified meditation teacher, a certified fitness trainer and a wellness advocate.Powell, Susie Ruth: - Susie Ruth Powell is a celebrated author, retired managing attorney, and longtime advocate for justice. A distinguished graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Class of '73), Powell built a remarkable career in public interest law, serving as a managing attorney and litigator with North Carolina Legal Services and later as an assistant professor of law at North Carolina Central University. Her decades-long commitment to poverty law has resulted in landmark victories for disenfranchised individuals and communities, many rooted in the principles she first embraced at Case.Powell's talents extend beyond the courtroom and classroom into the realm of storytelling. She was a writer on the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Loving Story, and served as a story developer for The Rape of Recy Taylor, both acclaimed films that explore the enduring legacy of race and justice in America. In recognition of her extraordinary contributions to law and society, she was honored with the prestigious Centennial Medal Award, the highest honor awarded to a CWRU Law graduate.She is the author of Beyond That Room, a powerful and poignant historical novel set against the backdrop of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. Blending her legal insight with lyrical storytelling, Powell brings to life a family's struggle for survival, dignity, and hope during one of the most pivotal-and suppressed-events in American history.