We are raising funds to help us complete two children's books, one poetry book, one self-help book, and one memoir. We are also providing writing resources (workbooks, planners, and notebooks) to assist incarcerated writers with their book writing goals.

Authors Inside began on two separate coasts (California and Virginia), separately hatched within the minds of a writer (Laura Gaisie), an incarcerated author (Emmanuel Gaisie), and a graphic designer (Lindsay Heider-Diamond) who partnered together to create a book in January of 2020, The Molding of Him, by Mr. George K. L. Smith. 

Authors Inside's vision is to provide HOPE, HEALING, REFORM, to REDUCE RECIDIVISM through four programs; publishing, education, outreach, resources. Our goal is to publish stories written by talented incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors. We believe writing is a form of healing and inspires hope for the writer and those who will be impacted by their stories.

Education is administered through our education program where some of our authors have written books like I OWN I AM, and The Concert of Denial & Manipulation, which are being used by Project A.W.A.R.E in Los Angeles as a curriculum with teens. Additionally, we are developing behavior-specific curriculums, to further reach at-risk youth and adults within the judicial system, and self-help groups. Through outreach, our authors with lived experience present their books at speaking engagements in the community.

Authors Inside will be included in Pen America's updated resource handbook for their Prison Writing program.

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Laura Gaisie, Executive Director of Authors Inside is a prolific writer of her own novels and in addition, publishes inspirational work under her publishing company Purple Pearls Publishing. Laura lives in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Emmanuel Gaisie, Chief Operating Officer of Authors Inside was recently paroled from the Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, CA. Emmanuel is the author of The Concert of Denial and Manipulation. 

Lindsay Heider Diamond is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist living in Charlottesville, VA. 

Mr. George Smith and Mr. Otis Greene III were also instrumental in the creation of Authors Inside as it was their work (The Molding of Him and I OWN I AM) that brought Laura and Lindsay together. Mr. Smith and Mr. Greene were released from prison in 2020 and 2021. Mr. Smith serves as the Programming Resources Director and Mr. Greene serves as the Educational Services Director of Authors Inside.

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Authors Inside is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization empowering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors to make sustainable change through narrative writing, with the purpose of reducing and preventing juvenile crime, promoting and maintaining safe communities, and improving the welfare of youth and families.