Katelyn Monroe Howes is an LA based award-winning writer, an Emmy-nominated documentarian, and co-founder 1/27 PICTURES, a documentary production company. THE AWOKEN is her debut novel, and explores what can happen when someone’s existence becomes a challenge to society’s updated norms through no fault of their own. She talks about her experiences and what inspired her to write a story about what happens if people who are cryogenically preserved are brought back to life into a society where their resurrected existence has been illegal over the passage of a long period of time, and the large gray area between technological and scientific advances and ethical and moral shifts in people’s beliefs. Website: katelynmhowes.com Twitter: @katelynmhowes Instagram: @katelynmhowes Is there a near future societal conundrum as a story concept that you’re curious about? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or have your say in the comments below! Chat with Summer on Twitter! @WriteAfterDark Apple: Subscribe & Review on Apple Podcasts! Google Podcasts: Subscribe & Share on Google Podcasts! Stitcher: Leave a Review on Stitcher! Player.fm: Listen on Player.FM Support our shows! Learn how you can support Writers, After Dark and Slice of SciFi through Patreon and Paypal