Welcome! Today's guest is Emily Johnson, an author and mother of 1 from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Emily grew up with a creative mother, spent many years dancing ballet and playing golf, and enjoyed numerous trips to see The Phantom of the Opera with her mum.. Emily grew up to study journalism and marketing and now runs her own business,

When Emily was 13 her mum was diagnosed with advanced stage Ovarian Cancer. Statistically, she had very little time left and shortly after, she began writing a novel entitled Bird of Paradise, She lived for another 17 years.

Shortly after her mum's passing, Emily opened her mum's laptop and found her unfinished manuscript, and a letter from her mother requesting that Emily finish the book for her. It took Emily 8 years to complete this epic task, and along the way the process took he ...