![]() She added that people of color are more likely to be wrongfully convicted. ![]() “On average, that could be one kid in every class,” Marks said. She wondered about what it would be like to be the child whose parent is wrongfully convicted of a crime, and gave a statistic about the number of incarcerated parents in prison. ![]() She said she turned to further research, turning to organizations such as the Innocence Project, which helps to exonerate incarcerated individuals, to help inform her story. Marks said Zoe Washington was not a true story about her own life, but was inspired by a podcast discussing a possibly wrong conviction. ![]() She said part of her process was reading craft books, joining a critique group, and “essentially always trying to become a better writer.” Marks said she found a creative writing degree helpful but not necessary when becoming a writer. ![]() She began at the beginning of her writing journey with an elementary school bookmaking project. The Fairfield resident compared writing to baking, which was the principal hobby of the protagonist in Zoe Washington. Janae Marks, author of middle-grade Nutmeg Award nominee From the Desk of Zoe Washington, visited Reed Intermediate School students to present “The Recipe to Becoming An Author” - and talk about her work. ![]()
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