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When emotional toll of being a first responder caught up to her after twenty-five years of saving lives, Christy Warren—a gay, female firefighter who had always prided herself on her get-the-job-done, tough-as-nails approach to her work—found herself at risk of losing everything.
About the author
Christy Warren is a retired fire captain from the Berkeley Fire Department in California. She has twenty-five years of service as a professional paramedic and eighteen years as a professional firefighter/paramedic. After being diagnosed with PTSD in 2014, she retired from the fire service; since then, she has become a triathlete, completed the Escape from Alcatraz swim five times, and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Washington State University. She is a volunteer Peer at the West Coast Post-trauma Retreat and hosts the podcast
The Firefighter Deconstructed. She lives in Pleasant Hill with her wife, Lisa, and dog, Harriet.
Summary
When emotional toll of being a first responder caught up to her after twenty-five years of saving lives, Christy Warren—a gay, female firefighter who had always prided herself on her get-the-job-done, tough-as-nails approach to her work—found herself at risk of losing everything.
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· National publicity campaign to Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and other trades; New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street, New York Journal of Books, Psychology Today and other outlets that deal with mental health San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, East Bay Times, etc.
· Firehouse.com, FireRescue1.com, Fire Engineering, Fire Fighter Nation, etc.
· Targeted marketing and promotions to librarians, the First Responder community
· Speaking engagements/events local and nationwide at firefighter and first responder conferences as well as bookstores, book festivals, associations
· Radio and podcasts NPR, KQED, KPFA, KALW, We Can Do Hard Things, etc.
· Author has already appeared on podcast the A Slight Change of Plans, published 10/10/2022. Downloads: 8 million. www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/a-slight-change-of-plans/a-first-responders-call-for-help
· Qwerty podcast and other media specifically interested in memoir
· Alumni/university media
· Content placement
· Social media Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
· Book bloggers and Instagrammers
· Reading group guide
