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Veronica Kubiak

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Born

in Houston, The United States

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https://www.artbyveronica.org

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

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I live in Texas with my family, but mostly in my own imagination.
As this is my first novel, I consider myself an artist by day and author by night, when I had an idea for a story that took hold and would not let me go until I finished writing it. Seven years later: done!

At first, this was a story of a brother whose sister had epilepsy set in a children’s hospital. But I remembered how it felt when my sister was sick and going through all her treatments—the last thing I would have wanted was to read a story about it. She did not have epilepsy but was diagnosed with leukemia when we were teens and passed away in 1997. She spent a lot of time in the hospital, and I along with her as a visitor.

In 2013 while I was writing, I went to visit my old I live in Texas with my family, but mostly in my own imagination.
As this is my first novel, I consider myself an artist by day and author by night, when I had an idea for a story that took hold and would not let me go until I finished writing it. Seven years later: done!

At first, this was a story of a brother whose sister had epilepsy set in a children’s hospital. But I remembered how it felt when my sister was sick and going through all her treatments—the last thing I would have wanted was to read a story about it. She did not have epilepsy but was diagnosed with leukemia when we were teens and passed away in 1997. She spent a lot of time in the hospital, and I along with her as a visitor.

In 2013 while I was writing, I went to visit my older sister in Portland, Oregon. We camped in the mountains and hiked along trails, and I fell in love with the forest, especially the moss, for some reason. And the idea came to me on the flight home: What if this was an adventure story?

And so it began. I made a list of words relating to epilepsy and the brain such as seizure, convulsion, aphasia, cognition, and cerebellum. Then I began scrambling them over and over until finally Pipsy Lee, Gnoctinio, Zurisees, and so many others came into being.
I drew out a map of the brain and began to create a world of forests, mountains, and deserts along the river. However, I didn’t want to focus too much on the medical side of things. Instead, my intent was to convey the emotional experience from a sibling’s point of view.

ALONG THE RIVER OF ZURISEES is an epic MG/YA adventure fantasy novel. Crossing into literary fiction, the story symbolizes the journey of a child who has severe epileptic seizures, told from the perspective of Pipsy Lee’s older brother, Geminii. It is a testament to the strength of the sibling bond in a time of suffering. Geminii must come to terms with Pipsy Lee’s condition and his role as caretaker and brother. He must weather the storms of the worries and fears many siblings face when witnessing the suffering of their own brother or sister.
With light-hearted humor and a variety of characters to lead the way, one can enjoy the story itself, or dive deeper into the waters winding along the river of seizures.
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	The Freezer by R.P. Wolff (Goodreads Author), Veronica Kubiak (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ALONG THE RIVER OF ZURISEES: The Journey of Geminii & Pipsy Lee 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars