Jonathan Clay is on the fast track to success when he meets his phantom double in a dream. As Jon is lured deeper into his dreams, the phantom betrays him, taking possession of Jon's body and thrusting him into the astral world as a half-dead - neither dead nor alive. To find the way home, Jon will need every bit of courage and cunning to survive this dangerous, preternatural world.
L.A. Nicholson grew up in North Carolina, where she received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A journal writer since the age of fourteen, L.A. first wrote professionally when she was employed as a public relations manager in Atlanta. There she appeared frequently on network affiliate television and radio, and her articles ran in local and regional publications.
L.A. continued to write on a freelance basis after leaving her job to stay home with her son, whom she adopted from Russia in 1998. Her articles were published in Carolina Gardener, the Georgia Journal of Science, and Atlanta Magazine, among others.
After recovering from a devastating battle with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, L.A. became certified as an “In Our Own Voice” presenter for the National Alliance on Mental Illness and began speaking to a variety of audiences. Feeling compelled to share her story with more people than she could reach with local presentations, L.A. spent three years writing a book on her personal journey through mental illness and her experience in the mental health care system.
With What Doesn’t Kill Us: My Battle with Anxiety, she hopes to prevent at least one person from attempting suicide.