Inspirational Indie Author Interview. Kelly Chang Rickert: Family Law Attorney Writes Books to Help Kids Get Through Divorce

May 29, 2022

My ALLi author guest this episode is Kelly Chang Rickert, a family law attorney in California who is often asked to comment on high-profile celebrity divorce cases. But to Kelly, the airing of dirty laundry in public and couples who just cannot get past their disagreements can only have a negative impact on children. That's why she started writing books for divorcing parents and their children to read together.

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Inspirational Indie Author Interview. Kelly Chang Rickert: About the Author

Christian family law attorney Kelly Chang Rickert exclusively handles family law cases and prenuptial agreements, and has been practicing law for 22+ years. Her first book, “Protecting Yourself From False Accusations” was an Amazon #1 Best-Seller. During COVID-19, Kelly founded Quarantine Publications and began self-publishing children's books about divorce. Her first children's book, “Two Adventures With Mom and Dad”, was released to help parents explain the concepts of separation and divorce to young children. “Two Adventures With Mom and Dad” was incredibly well-received, and was an Amazon #1 best-seller in Children's Marriage and Divorce books. Her second book, “Hope's Broken Snow Globe” was just released on November 1, 2021, and tackles the topic of holidays and divorce for young children. Kelly routinely appears as an expert on television/radio to comment on family law issues in celebrity divorce and custody cases. Follow her (@lawyerkelly) on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Medium. Kelly was born in Taiwan, and immigrated with her family to the beautiful USA when she was 6 years old. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese and French.

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Howard Lovy has been a journalist for more than 35 years, and now amplifies the voices of independent author-publishers and works with authors as a developmental editor. Howard is also a freelance writer specializing in Jewish issues whose work appears regularly in Publishers Weekly, the Jewish Daily Forward, and Longreads. Find Howard at howardlovy.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Author: Howard Lovy

Howard Lovy is an author, book editor, and journalist. He is also the Content and Communications Manager for the Alliance of Independent Authors, where he hosts and produces podcasts and keeps the blog updated. You can find more of his work at https://howardlovy.com/

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