T.A. Manchester is an author and filmmaker whose writing focuses on family, loss, forgiveness, and the difficult process of growing up. His debut novel, While We’re Here, is a coming-of-age story set against the world of small-town high school football. It follows young people and their families as they struggle with grief, inherited wounds, personal responsibility, and the challenge of moving forward.

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Tre brings a filmmaker’s eye to his fiction, creating vivid scenes, natural dialogue, and emotionally complicated characters. Before turning to novels, he wrote and directed several films, including the award-winning feature The Things We’ve Seen. That background gives his prose a strong visual quality while keeping the emphasis on character and emotion.

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Whether writing for the screen or the page, Tre is drawn to stories about ordinary people facing painful choices, repairing damaged relationships, and discovering that healing rarely happens in a straight line.