{"id":133,"date":"2026-02-22T22:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:28:55","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/?page_id=133","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6667431280345605;width:535px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/adopteeauthors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bookshelf-2-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:320px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>KGUN9: New genre of adopted authors at Festival of Books<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;A freelance editor in Tucson, Diane Shifflett, has helped to bring together several authors from across the country who were all adopted, just like she was. 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