Interview with Oshun Reed, Author of Love Me: A Memoir of Online Dating, Mental Illness, and Redemption

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Love Me: A Memoir of Online Dating, Mental Illness and Redemption?

It takes place in the space of one year – the worst year of my life. It’s about raw vulnerability, stumbling resilience and rising out of the ashes to a new, hope filled future.

What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

Fiction and non-fiction.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes, The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across The World by Adrienne Mayor.

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

The scene where I am serving dinner to Chris, and open the front door to four police officers holding their guns, all while I’m holding a plate of lasagna.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

Not really, just my laptop and a head full of ideas.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

Be kind.

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

That I survived the darkest days of my life and found real joy, and so can they.

Oshun Reed is the author of the new book Love Me: A Memoir of Online Dating, Mental Illness and Redemption

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