Julie K. Brown

And that's a reward in and of itself.

I was at the airport coming back from Philly.

I had just gotten off the plane.

My plane had just landed, and a friend that I know in high places...

just sent me a text that had a big heart on it.

That's all he sent.

And at first I thought, I wonder what this means.

And then I thought, well, it probably means I didn't get it.

And he's just like sending me a hug.

So I sent him a note.

I was getting off the plane.

My son was picking me up and I sent him a note.

I said, maybe better luck next year.

And he said, don't be so sure, my friend.

So that's kind of when I started thinking.

And then as soon as I got out where my son was standing to pick me up, I got a call from my editor and she told me, you have to come to the office tomorrow because you're going to get a Pulitzer.

And I just started crying with my son.

Also, the irony of that is now we have the emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were written after this series was published.

And Jeffrey Epstein, to his credit, recognized how serious this was.

Well, I'll feel vindicated when they start arresting some more people or at least holding more people accountable because we know that this is so much bigger.