Sila Long is a contemporary author known for her fresh voice that brings relevant issues to the forefront in expressive and perceptive writings. She has done it again in—I Touched the Moon. A tale that chronicles one girl’s extraordinary journey to reclaim her life after her escape from abduction by human traffickers. The result is a rich and unforgettable novel. She is of Jamaican descent, a native New Yorker, primarily educated in the Northeast, where she married and raised two children.