Anita BartholomewAnita Bartholomew, author of Siege, and one of Reader's Digest International Edition's top reporters, specializes in narrative-which is just another way of saying storytelling. She has covered countless stories that touch our lives and our hearts: a acific tsunami, a Washington state mudslide, kidnappings, plane crashes, the Covid-19 pandemic, the homeless crisis, and more. Two of her magazine narratives have been adapted into TV movies.While her writing process involves intensive research, what stirs her passions are the people involved. How did an event change them? What makes their story matter? A ghostwriter and a developmental editor as well as an author and journalist, Siege is her third book under her own byline.She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest where, on sunny summer days, she enjoys gazing at the magnificent views of Mount Hood from her deck. Read More Read Less