

The official synopsis of “While Justice Sleeps” reads:Īvery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together - excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. It was also the ability for me to speak to others, and to have them tell me what they saw and to see all of those pieces come together.” “The dimensions that come with film, with the ability to say, “I want the story to be told,” and for the story to be so real, raw and complicated, is fascinating to me. You meet this character you’ve created in your head, and you get to keep revisiting it,” Abrams says. “As a writer, I understand how things go from thought to paper. The scope of all Abrams’ identities has recently expanded from politician and author to include film producer, with the production of her voter suppression documentary “All In.” In an exclusive conversation with actor Viola Davis, Abrams’s tells what she found surprising about the Hollywood machine.

“What is so different about this book is this is my first fiction work, where all of my identities are known.” “There was never any attempt to hide who I was, my face was on the book cover when you open it up, the copyright is of my name,” she adds. Among the titles published were: “Hidden Sins,” “Secrets and Lies,” “Reckless” and “Deception.” Abrams continued to write and release her novels while studying at Yale University. Her first book, “Rules of Engagement” was published in 2001.


“In my mind, it was worth it to keep these identities separate.”Ībrams’s first eight novels (all romances) were under the pen name Selena Montgomery. “When I started publishing romance back in 19, I was also publishing articles about the unrelated business income tax exemption, and questions of taxation,” she says, explaining the reason for her pseudonym.
