NEW YORK ATTORNEY-TURNED-AUTHOR OF 'REINCEPTION' [Sarena Straus] --- Wordsleuth's 19th Pass-the-Baton Instagram Live Interview (Word Improv Community) (February 5, 2023)

Sarena Straus.  "I write novels for the curious and adventurous, for people who are intrigued by a “what happens if,” scenario, and who like to explore the outcomes. My characters are ordinary people who find out that they are capable of extraordinary things and discover that one person can truly make a difference.

After receiving a BA in art history and political science from Barnard, I graduated from Fordham University School of Law. I then worked for five years at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office (BXDA), where I prosecuted sex crimes and child abuse cases. After leaving BXDA, I published a true-crime memoir, Bronx DA: True Stories from the Sex Crimes and Domestic Violence unit (Barricade, 2006). In 2010, my book sold as a TV Pilot to CBS/Paramount.

I’ve gone on to publish numerous legal articles and works of poetry, and I was an editor for a legal magazine. For a few years, I was also a talking head, commenting on current criminal cases in the media on tv and radio.

Today, I live in the Hudson Valley, NY with my husband, our two children (also budding writers), two naughty Labrador retriever ladies, and two barn cat boys. I’m now working on sequels to my debut novel ReInception and will keep you posted about them on my site.

When not writing or lawyering, I love to scuba dive, take photographs, and travel off the beaten path. I’ll swap diving or courtroom stories with you all day long or happily talk to you about books–writing them or reading them!"

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The Word Improv Community is a writing community united by our passion for writing and a common challenge: Word Improv.  A Word Improv challenge is where participants write a “Story” using a set of “new” words.  A “Story” is broadly defined to include a tale, poem, skit, etc.  There is no character minimum or limit.  You can learn new words and participate in Word Improv, as well as in the Pass-the-Baton interviews by following @WordSleuth on Instagram!

Pass-the-Baton Interview # 19 is the nineteenth in a series of Instagram Live interviews where contributors to our Word Improv challenges interview one another so that our community and audience learns about Word Improv writers and their work.

@camillionstruth interviews @sarenastraus

@keithgraywriting is the Alternate

by @wordsleuth