A veteran's debut novel becomes bestseller thanks to a stranger's viral TikTok

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A veteran's debut novel becomes bestseller thanks to a stranger's viral TikTok
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Shawn Warner didn't even have a TikTok account when he found out that his debut novel had gone viral on the app.

Shawn Warner didn't even have a TikTok account when he found out that his debut novel had gone viral on the app."We didn't know until our daughter texted us, 'Dad's gone viral,'" Warner, 58, tells TODAY.com, following his TODAY appearance on July 13."We said, 'Oh, cool, what does that mean?'"

"Red saw me sitting alone and came over and said hello," Warner told Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie on TODAY."It brightened up my day, and then it brightened up my life." On July 4, Warner announced on Twitter that"Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor" is the #1 Bestseller on Amazon Books.

Warner and Swearengin say their lives changed in a week. "A week ago I never even thought this was possible. I just saw a guy in a grocery store. That's all it was," Swearengin says.Swearengin had been struggling to find his passion after the pandemic, and was close to quitting TikTok before his chance meeting with Warner. Now, he hopes to use his newfound platform to highlight other authors and artists."I just want to continue to bring people together," he says.

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