My recent novel "The Overlife, A Tale of Schizophrenia," is about characters living with schizophrenia and psychosis, and about mental health, and family and relationships. In my novels, some of the characters live with mental illnesses and brain disorders. They are meant for a general audience. "The Overlife" is about a mother and daughter living with paranoid schizophrenia. Although fictional, the material for my book is based on my personal experiences of the same situation. I live with schizophrenia, as did my mother. The choice of fiction gave me greater scope to include incidents I did not experience personally. I could also leave out people influential in my life but not relevant to my history with schizophrenia. The description of how the daughter character Sarah experiences schizophrenia is close to mine. I am working on my next fiction novel, which is in the horror/thriller genre. In this book, there is a critical character living with schizophrenia.