A local newspaper just ran one of the most comprehensive articles about my experience both publishing The Black Lens novel and volunteering with She Has A Name:
Observations, service provide insights for author – Clintonville Spotlight
More than a dozen other news media outlets have also reported on The Black Lens. Here are just a few excerpts:
“The grim reality of modern-day slavery in America.”
“The Black Lens is clearly the work of a journalist. It exists to inform and disrupt, and it succeeds.”
“Authorial Advocate.”
“A work of fiction. A world of truths.”
“Will go a long way in giving a voice to victims and helping raise awareness of sex trafficking in rural America.”
“Christopher Stollar, a former Oregon journalist, won the grand prize in the 2016 Writer’s Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards, beating out more than 600 other entries, for his debut novel, ‘The Black Lens,’ about a teenage girl and her sister fighting sex trafficking in Oregon.”
“Stollar is a former reporter who conducted more than three years of research including interviewing survivors, social workers and police officers to write the book.”
“A fictional horror told through a ‘Black Lens.’ Christopher Stollar weaves a despairing tale of sex trafficking.”
“A work of fiction … based on the disturbing reality that human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes worldwide.”
“The Black Lens reminds us that human trafficking, sex slavery and exploitation are real. For many young people in Central Oregon, the world of sex trafficking is non-fiction.”
“Former newspaper reporter turned author, Christopher Stollar of Columbus, spent a decade researching trafficking — three years of which was done in Ohio.”
“Christopher Stollar, author … and anti-trafficking advocate”