Read a Book, Right a Wrong is Real
If you’ve purchased a book in this series, you’ve already made a difference through my Read a Book, Right a Wrong initiative. Simply put, I donate a significant portion of my advance and royalties to innocence projects, and I’d like to encourage you to give to them as well. These organizations are on the front lines of the fight to free the wrongfully incarcerated.
In my first novel, They Can’t Take Your Name, I spotlighted the Korey Wise Innocence Project at the University of Colorado. They work tirelessly to free those whom the legal system has failed and push for reforms to prevent wrongful convictions at the front end.
With A Dream in the Dark, I’d like to turn your attention to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. They are doing valiant work in a hotbed of wrongful convictions.
Some have wondered if the injustice described in my books—systemic corruption that leads to mass wrongful convictions—is realistic. Unfortunately, this kind of corruption is all too real and recent, and there are places in our country that seem to convict innocent people at a rate disproportionate to the rest of the country. Philadelphia is one of those places. Thankfully, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project seeks to exonerate those convicted of crimes they did not commit, prevent innocent people from being prosecuted and convicted, and help those wrongfully convicted transition to freedom. Proceeds from A Dream in the Dark will go to support this worthy work.
