When she was eight and discovered the words an author wrote on a cereal box could reach millions, Lynne Curry decided to write. She wrote a poem a day and carefully slid them under the newspaper office’s front door. After four months, the newspaper editor gave in, and published the first.

Since then, Lynne has made it her life’s work to write “real.” In workplacecoachblog.com and her weekly “Dear Abby of the workplace” newspaper column, she answers real-life questions from readers. Now, in her first two novels, she addresses personal human challenges—internet dating scam artists, workplace bullying, sexual harassment, abortion, and family estrangement.

A longtime human resources professional, Lynne’s company is Communication Works, Inc.