After finding sanctuary among library shelves as an unhoused child and penning a best-selling memoir, “The Truth About Demons,” writer C.A. Gilchrist hopes to inspire others to share their own stories.

Gilchrist will appear at Warwick’s in La Jolla on Sunday, Oct. 12, for a book signing and discussion as part of the bookstore’s “Weekends with Locals” series.

His memoir, which spent several weeks in the top ten of Amazon’s survival stories and memoirs category, offers a gripping account of his early life, marked by trauma, addiction, and eventual recovery.

Gilchrist grew up in suburban Philadelphia, dealing with a mother who was hearing voices and being pulled into a cult, along with his father’s death, homelessness, and more. However, through his hardships, he found sanctuary at the pub

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