10 Years After This Man Finished Writing a Book, His Daughter Made His Dreams Come True Through TikTok

In November 2012, Lloyd Devereux Richards wrote a crime thriller—Stone Maidens—which was ranked 1,452nd among mystery, thriller, and suspense novels on Amazon just a few weeks ago. Yet after his daughter, Marguerite Richards posted a TikTok of her dad working in his attic office, things changed—fast! The TikTok video went viral, garnering a million views overnight. And Lloyd’s book is officially a bestseller, now the top-selling novel on Amazon.

“I owe all of what’s happening now to my daughter,” Lloyd told The Washington Post . “I’m very grateful.”