Science fiction, political thrillers, crime fiction. Which Family Are You In? New York Times and USA Today Best Selling Author. A once-beautiful domed city in the center of the former US, now torn by war and split between four feuding crime syndicates. The only way out is through the Aperture, controlled by a ruthless Family who charges exorbitant amounts for the privilege of travel outside of the dome. This is where our story begins. The book that started it all.

Determined to find it, one way or another. Vavasseur Family reunion, 1907. Photo provided online by Christophe VanderHogan-Landry. My maternal grandfather is the young man near the middle of the front row wearing a suit.

And all of the fracturing starts. I choke on my own words. I make wishes, I have dreams and I still want to believe anything can happen in this word for an ordinary girl.

I live as an ADIK! I am lucky to have been a recording artist and one day when I leave this world. my voice will be heard. At a touch of a button or switch, I am alive again. In essence, music is life.

Congrats to Patty! Patty Loveless will be in Atlanta, Georgia on November 4, 2010 for the Drive4COPD Great American Screen Off, a nationwide push this fall to screen . Check out your local listings .