T.J. Newman's journey to becoming a NYT bestseller and securing 7-figure million-dollar movie deals was hardly conventional. She humbly admits she “failed” as an actor in New York City. She then moved home to Arizona and took a job at a local bookstore.
Author T.J. Newman says she has always been a storyteller.
Thousands of miles in the air, Newman was serving drinks and explaining safety protocols to passengers as a flight attendant on Virgin American and Alaska Airlines. “If you have a heart attack, I’m not going to bring you a Diet Coke,” Newman says. “I’m going to get the defibrillator and restart your heart.”
She started"Falling" while working as a flight attendant, writing on airplane cocktail napkins and her iPad during redeye flights. Whereas “Falling” was written using her own time in the air as inspiration, “Drowning” pushed her to employ new creative methods.
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