Aleelah Dixon & Emily Madison – Author Page

Aleelah Dixon (they/them) and Emily Madison (she/her) have written a book together, but separately. They are also partners in life. Best known locally for their photography, coffee consumption and long, draw-out diatribes on the nature of humanity. What began as a college love affair with words (and each other) is now a story told from both sides. They live and thrive in San Francisco, with their dogs Tasha and Hank, and their 12-year-old car (yes, car), Sally.

Together, they have written When the Truth is Done.


In the quiet town of Little Bluff, Ruby Fisher wakes up in a hospital bed with fragmented memories and a growing sense of dread. After a car accident on a deserted road leaves her injured and disoriented, Ruby finds herself at the center of a murder investigation she doesn’t understand. As she drifts in and out of consciousness, two homicide detectives—the compassionate Francine Temple and her more skeptical partner Scott O’Reilly—begin questioning her about events she claims not to remember.

Read an excerpt.

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