While Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D., is best known for her work inspiring people around the world to cope with loss and change through her speaking and writing, her dream since first grade was to write fiction novels. In 2011, she saw that dream come true with the release of her two novels, The Australian Pen Pal and Sisters: The Karma Twist.

Check out Michelle’s new direction at the Chef Chelle web site. She is blogging three times a week about food and life wisdom and how they interact with each other. Also, follow Chef Chelle on Facebook and Twitter.

She is the President of the American Association of Suicidology. Read more about AAS at www.suicidology.org and the Tierney Service Award she recently won.

Story time with Michelle! Listen to her read a chapter from The Australian Pen Pal on the Fascinating Authors web site here.