Michele's major influence was a traumatic event that happened to her at the age of 12, causing her to "fracture" into eight different personalities and which she wrote about in her first book, "Thorns in the Rose: A Story of Survival From Mental Illness and Addiction." She was then influenced by her bipolar disorder, leading to her second book, which she wrote for other sufferers of bipolar disorder, called "Bipolar Disorder: One Day at a Time." Michele's life has been one of adversity and the overcoming of it, which was a major influence in her book more...
