T J PuritzT.J. was born and raised in the northeast United States. As the daughter of first generation Americans, she realized the power words held. Though she trained in photographic arts and education, the written word has consistently been one of her passios.Her first published work was a poem for New Teacher Advocate. Since then, she's journaled with her students in the classroom and with her children in their homeschool. Based on that experience, she published a manual on homeschooling entitled THE EMPOWERED HOMESCHOOL.In 2023, she was a contributing author in THIS IS MY STORY, published by CenterPointe Church. She has recently dipped into the world of short stories, though so far those are for her newsletter subscribers only.Her fictional debut, REDEMPTION BEACH, was the first novel in the REDEMPTION CHRONICLES series and released in October 2022. REDEMPTION SKY is the second novel in this series, with more to come.Using a different section of her creative brain, T.J. hosts a monthly podcast called BEWARE THE WILD ANIMALS. In this format, she interviews people who choose to live their one wild life with purpose and passion.T.J. lives and works in Central Florida, but the world is her playground. Read More Read Less