Karis Rogerson

Here’s the thing about depression: it cycles. Even when I’m on medication, going to therapy and doing everything I’m able to do in order to stay healthy and keep it at bay, it bleeds in and out of my soul.

Hospitalizations make me realize my own shortcomings when it comes to placing mental illness on the same plane as physical illness

It's ok to be sad and happy at the same time. I think that’s the beauty of life — how unpredictable it is and how adaptable we are as humans.

Leigh Bardugo isn’t just an incredible writer; she’s also an incredible person, not least because she writes very diverse stories that give readers the gift of representation.

In a moment when I couldn’t write myself, it was the writing of others that brought me back from the brink of my depressive episode.

When I held Baby J for the first time, everything shuffled into place. For the kids, I see every reason to breathe. They love me. I don’t know why.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was a 23-year-old who had never been on a date.

Selfies are one of the easiest indicators of my mental health.

"I think that you're never too old to read about hope, love, and redemption."

On top of the career she’s already built for herself, Emily’s debut young adult novel Light Years released from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster in September.