Stacy PadulaYoung Adult author and entrepreneur, Stacy A. Padula of Plymouth, Massachusetts has accrued years of experience working with adolescents as a college counselor, mentor, life coach, and youth group leader. In 2019, the International Association of TopProfessionals (New York, NY) named Padula Top Educational Consultant of the Year and Empowered Woman of the Year for 2020. Padula is the CEO/founder of both South Shore College Consulting & Tutoring and Briley & Baxter Publications, as well as the author of two young adult book series: Gripped and Montgomery Lake High. Padula's first novel, The Right Person, was published in 2010. In 2011, When Darkness Tries to Hide was published, and it was followed by The Aftermath in 2013. In 2014, both The Battle for Innocence and The Forces Within were released to complete her Montgomery Lake High book series. Throughout 2019 and 2020, she released a new series titled Gripped, which takes place in the same world as Montgomery Lake High but focuses on different main characters. Multiple books in her Gripped series became #1 New Releases in their genre on Amazon. In 2019, she also wrote her first screenplay, an adaptation of her novel The Aftermath, and worked on a pilot script for Gripped, which has been embraced by Hollywood producers. You can learn more about her at www.stacyapadula.com. Read More Read Less