In Madness & Lies, Elena, a Southern attorney who works to stop child abuse, is put on trial for her young son’s murder after her psycho girlfriend kills him and convinces their teenage daughter to lie to help frame Elena, putting her career, family, and freedom at risk. It is also a coming of age story about this teenage girl, whose biological mother cannot give her what she needs, but who learns to accept the love of Elena, the mother she hates and betrays.

An emotionally-raw psychological legal thriller, Madness & Lies placed in the top 15% in the Nicholl Fellowship Competition in 2012 and 2010.