Charlene L. Edge is the author of the award-winning memoir:
"Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International," (2017) and "From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life" (2022).

Both books are available in paperback and eBook from major booksellers and indie bookstores, and on loan from public libraries.
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CHARLENE L. EDGE spent 17 years (1970-1987) in The Way International as a leader and Biblical researcher, trained by the founder, Victor Paul Wierwille (1916-1985). After escaping The Way, she earned a B.A. in English from Rollins College and worked for more than a decade as a writer in the software industry.

"A Cult Insider's Story" is Charlene's presentation at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77OozwCm7Os

A member of the Florida Writers Association, the Authors Guild, and the International Cultic Studies Association, Charlene is also a prize-winning poet. She lives in Florida with her husband, Hoyt L. Edge, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Rollins College.
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Charlene's poetry has been featured on WMFE-FM's Poetic Logic (PBS radio broadcast) and published in The Florida Writer magazine, the Tampa Writers Alliance’s magazine, Wordsmith, and the Rollins Book of Verse 1885–2010; her short-short stories and poems have been published in The Florida Writer magazine. Her essays have appeared in Shifting Gears: Small, Startling Moments In and Out of the Classroom, and ICSA Today, magazine of the International Cultic Studies Association.
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Watch the book launch for "From the Porch to the Page" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqUkJkNpG-0
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