Christopher Pickert

What is paradise for a fourteen-year-old boy?

For Conrad it’s definitely not dusty Los Angeles, where he’s stuck living with his mother and his cheeky little sisters.

Paradise is the forest where his dad still lives,
by the water where everything is beautiful,
where he belongs.

IndieReader Discovery Awards 2019:
- Winner, Best First Book
"A timeless, beautifully written coming-of-age story about transformation and self-acceptance." - 5/5 stars (read full review)

Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019:
- Finalist, General Fiction / Novel (over 80,000 words)
- Finalist, First Novel (over 90,000 words)

Eric Hoffer Awards 2019:
- Finalist, Fiction

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~ Journal 26 ~

27 Oct

A&A Honey, Okanogan WA

I first met Ron and Donna Allard at a farmer’s market in Winthrop, Washington when I was on my way back from a backpacking trip this summer. They had traveled over there to sell their delicious alfalfa honey. They told me about their canola honey, which they didn’t have with them at the time. Not ha...

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The Tent

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