Isaac Knapper's and Amy Banks' lives collided when they were 16 years old and Knapper was wrongfully convicted of murdering Banks' father in New Orleans. Three and a half decades later, in 2015, they met for the first time and began a profoundly healing relationship. Knapper and Banks share their story of reconciliation, their personal perspectives on racism and injustice in the US legal system and ultimately, their experience of the capacity for relationships to heal unfathomable traumas.

Kanpper and Banks have been featured keynote speakers since their co-authored book, "Fighting Time," was published in 2021. The have spoken virtually with the Maine Historical Society, The Camden Library, The Reason Center for Social Justice Reform at SMU, and numerous book clubs. "Fighting Time" was chosen as one of twenty selections of Great Group Reads 2022 in the Women's National Book Association. They have spoken in person at The University of Maine Orono, Loyola Law School, NOLA, Monmouth University, The Deloris Barr Weaver Policy Center, Regis University, The Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders, The Heart of Reconciliation Conference, The Lexington Education Foundation, The Bloomington Center for Connection and, The Ethical Culture School.

Additionally, Banks has lectured extensively on keynotes and workshops over the last 25 years on the neuroscience of PTSD, relationships, and relational-cultural theory. Banks has been quoted in the NYT, Oprah Magazine, Mind, Body, Green and a number of other publications on the topics of friendship and loneliness.

Currently, a documentary is being produced based on "Fighting Time," by Pixela Pictura Pictures.

Relationships, Social Justice, Prison Reform Authors, Racism, Civil Rights, Memoir & Biography, Historians & Biographers, Mental Health,