Federal judge in Roanoke has a new side hustle: Author of a young adult novel.

Federal judge in Roanoke has a new side hustle: Author of a young adult novel.

Like many writers, the author of a new novel that’s set in Virginia has a day job to support his writing habit.In the case of “Charlie-Man,” a young adult novel coming out this summer, the author’s day job is one of the hardest gigs in the country to land: Thomas Cullen is a federal judge.Virginia is no stranger to judges who are also authors. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, who sits on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, has written six books, three of …

Alisa Fürstauer from Heinsberg writes literature for young adults under the pseudonym Rosa Kaiser. Her first book "Hurling My Love At You" plays around the environment of the Irish sport Hurling.