MEDIA COVERAGE

From Interview with One More Page (UK): 

Your new novel, Saving Phoebe Murrow, is released on 20th October; please could you tell us a little about it and what inspired you to write it?

The story revolves around a cyber-bullying episode focused on 13-year old main character, Phoebe Murrow. The novel was inspired by an article I read in 2008 about Megan Meier (a 13 year old girl in Missouri), who killed herself after a similar event carried out on MySpace. It turned out that the boy who initiated the cyber-bullying against Megan was actually a 47-year old woman (Lori Drew), the mother of a former friend of Megan's, who wanted to know what Megan might be saying about her daughter, Sarah. It was shocking to me that a mother was capable of such meanness, and I wanted to write a novel to understand how someone could do this. 

As a latecomer to social media, I was also intrigued by this method of communicating. How MySpace or Facebook or Twitter (and all the rest) could go from being a friendly venue to a vicious and destructive one, and how easily people can make nasty comments when not having to face the person they are aiming their darts at. 

I don't believe that teens fully appreciate the consequences of their posts when they are cruel or vindictive. Nor can they handle the 24/7 nature of social media when the messages are negative. It's difficult enough for adults to deal with. 

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Interview with Newsy:   

Interview with Bonnier Zaffre Books: 

More videos of interviews with Bonnier Zaffre can be found here. 

More Media Coverage: 

ST. LOUIS FOX 2 NEWS IN THE MORNING: Interview with Herta
NORTHWEST CURRENT: Interview with Herta (p. 10)
WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS: Saving Phoebe Murrow book review
CHRONICLE ILLINOIS: Cyber-Bullying Exploration 
THE RANDY TOBLER SHOW (FM NEWSTALK, 97.1, ST. LOUIS): Interview with Herta
THE DOLLY MCCARTHY SHOW: Interview with Herta
The Bethesda Magazine

Herta has also appeared on THE MIKE SCHIKMAN SHOW, CBS RADIO DETROIT, COMMUNITY FOCUS, THE FRANK TRAUTT MORNIGN SHOW, and a variety of Boston radio station, including ALT 92.9, HOT 96.9, COUNTRY 102.5, and MAGIC 106.7​