CJ Daugherty鈥檚 world of literary escapism
Books were the best-selling author鈥檚 鈥渕agic carpet ride out鈥� of an abusive childhood home.
Christi Daugherty 鈥� also known as CJ Daugherty 鈥� is a best-selling writer of Young Adult thrillers and crime novels. As a child, she would lose herself in books and literary adventures as a way of coping with her own unstable and violent family life. Her father was controlling and abusive 鈥� her home was miserable until her mother plotted a secret midnight escape.
Her latest book written as CJ Daugherty is called Number Ten.
Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Picture: Christi Daugherty
Credit: Jack Jewers
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