South Delta Secondary grad Karina Halle is part of a group of authors coming together to support anti-bullying.
Halle, who now lives on Saltspring Island, is taking part in Strength Through Love and Books, an author signing event Saturday in Vancouver, and has contributed a short story to an anthology to benefit the Amanda Todd Legacy. The Port Coquitlam teen committed suicide after being the victim of cyberbullying.
Halle said she was bullied during junior high while living in West Vancouver.
"It never got too bad for me that I'd be contemplating suicide or anything like that but it was bad enough where I didn't want to go to school. I know it happened to so many kids," she said.
Halle said bullying, a sad situation that seems to be getting worse, is an issue that needs to be addressed.
"Of course there are ways to deal with it. I want to say, eventually, if you just hang in there and you talk to someone."
Halle, who has a traditional publisher, an indie e-book publisher, foreign publishers and still selfpublishes, describes herself as hybrid author.
She started by selfpublishing her first book, Darkhouse, about a pair of ghost-hunters living in the Pacific Northwest, in 2011. She has added multiple titles to the horror/romance series along with her romantic suspense series The Artists Trilogy.
Halle, who went to school for journalism, counts Stephen King as an author who's had an influence on her.
The author signing event takes place Saturday, Oct. 26 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver. Tickets are available online (flirtyanddirtybookblog.eventbrite.ca) for $5. The short story anthology, Stories for Amanda, should be available in paperback at the author signing event, Halle noted.
