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Kari Ferrell

Biography

Kari Ferrell

Kari Ferrell is a producer, writer, speaker, activist and creator. Her work is centered around incarceration and the justice system, mental health, human rights and other issues she feels passionately about. Kari’s production company, Without Wax, is dedicated to uplifting and telling stories from Women of Color across a variety of mediums. She enjoys the work she does with Second Chance Studios, Books Through Bars, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups that are working toward liberation for all. When she’s not doing the above, she enjoys spending time with her partner and rescue pup, solving crossword puzzles, eating, boxing (to counteract the eating), getting stoned and writing about herself in the third person.

Kari Ferrell

Books by Kari Ferrell

You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell - Memoir, Nonfiction

Adopted at a young age by a Mormon family in Utah, Kari struggled with questions of self-worth and identity leading her to run with the “bad crowd” in an effort to fit in. Soon, stealing from superstores turned into picking up men and soon Kari had graduated from petty theft to Utah’s most wanted list. Though Kari was able to escape the Southwest, she couldn’t outrun her new moniker: the Hipster Grifter. Beyond the gossip and Gawker posts, there’s a side to Kari the media never saw --- until now. A heartfelt narrative of redemption and reconciliation as Kari eventually dedicates her life to activism, social justice and setting the record straight, this memoir introduces an unbelievable book that grapples with truth, why we lie and what it means when our pasts don’t paint the whole picture.