Author Biography

Todd Grande is a professional counselor, counselor educator, and content creator who specializes in personality disorders, addiction, trauma, and psychopathology. He operates a popular YouTube channel in which he covers mental health disorders, personality theory, true crime, relationships, and narcissism. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health and Licensed Chemical Dependency Professional in Delaware and is a National Certified Counselor. He holds a Master's of Science in Community Counseling from Wilmington University and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University. For many years, Dr. Grande was an associate professor in Wilmington University's Clinical Mental Health Counseling program and provided counseling and consulting services in his community.

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Print runs: 10,000 copiesCo-op availableGalleys available: EdeilweissOnline/social media campaign through author's Twitter; and through publishers social media--Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, including paid adsOnline promotion through author's YouTube channel with current subscribers of 660,000, and growing at rate of 50,000+ per month Bookseller/Library promotions: contests/giveaways

Long Description

A secret binds them together, the truth will unravel them. Jenny Ocean's life is already on shaky ground when a violent attack sparks a chain of events that leaves her with a terrible secret that she can share with no one, and which clouds her every waking moment with guilt and fear for years to come. Trying to make amends, Jenny works hard and becomes a professional counselor dedicated to helping others unravel their problems. For a time, it seems her life is finally on track, but her past catches up with her in the form of Rio Winston. At first an enigmatic client, Rio turns out to be a narcissistic serial killer who leverages her past to draw her into a web of complicity in his delusional and homicidal mission. Jenny becomes trapped in a confusing, dark journey mixing horror and fascination, balancing her coerced alliance with Rio with her affair with police detective Sam Longford--only to find that the distance separating a killer from the law isn't as great as she once thought. Featuring a trio of characters bound together by desire, obsession, grandiosity, and remorseless need, Harm Reduction journeys into the depravity of serial murder, the pain of ambivalence, moral compromise in the face of survival, and the tenuous hope of finding a way out.

Description for Sales People

First printing: 20,000 copies Author has nearly 700,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel--focus of channel is crime analysis/psychopathy/narcissism. He releases 3-5 videos per week with viewership ranging from 50k/video to 250,000/video, depending on topic. He profiles serial killers, celebrities, politicians, situations in the news. He gives viewers an analytical peek behind the curtain of why people do what they do, and he analyzes objectively the personalities to see if they fit the category of a psychopathy (narcissistic personality disorder, sociopath, borderline personality disorder, etc.) Trending topics: Harm Reduction touches on trauma, personality disorders, narcissism, sociopaths, serial killers, and OCD behaviors. Lots of serial killer series on Netflix/other media, and high interest/fascination with serial killers. Differentiator: Unexamined subject at this depth: therapist gets entangled with her client--a sociopath serial killer while dating a cop. Author's analytical expertise in personality profiling/personality disorders lends fantastic perspective to the relationships of the characters. This title follows author's first non-fiction title, The Psychologoy of Notrious Serial Killers . Great subject category that sells well. Price point: keeping it competitive in the category. Banking on author's YouTube audience to mass order in pre-sales. Author holds strong expertise in psychology of crime--which is reason for strong YouTube follow. Brings interest aspect to crime/thriller with complicity of therapist with the killer. Heavy promotion to crime/thriller/mystery groups, readers. Galleys available via Edelweiss around 4 months before publication.

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