Plot twist— Michelle Corpora ’03 took a nonlinear path to becoming NYT bestselling author

It was around five o’clock on a Wednesday in May, and Michelle Jabès Corpora ’03, English and theatre, was on her sofa watching her favorite British murder mystery on TV. It had been a long shot to think her newest book, His Face Is the Sun, would hit the New York Times (NYT) bestsellers list, and since she hadn’t heard anything and it was getting late, she figured it wasn’t meant to be.  Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Suddenly, she looked down at her phone to see a FaceTime call from