In this chat, Sharon Dukett talks about her fascinating, award-winning coming-of-age memoir, No Rules, and what it was like running away from home at the age of sixteen in 1971 to live in the hippie community and commune.

Sharon Dukett is an award-winning author who has been a computer programmer, project manager, and deputy director in state government. Sharon lives in central Connecticut with her husband and is within driving distance of her three children and four grandchildren.