It seems To Be A Common Theme,

many times a poet or artist will die a paupers death,

and only after death their art will be appreciated and valued by society, take the case of Susan Meachen, in September 2020 friends and family of the self-published romance fiction writer, were shocked to hear that she had taken her own life due to online bullying. Someone claiming to be her daughter announced the devastating news on Facebook, and tributes from fans and authors who had known and worked with her started pouring in, as you might expect for the next couple of years, Meachen’s Facebook profile was seemingly used by her family to post tributes to the author and inspirational stuff, as well as to promote her books. Some claim to have bought her work as a way to support her grieving family, but then the unthinkable happened,

the Ward is the close-knit Facebook community of independent writers where the above message was posted. Meachen was a member before her “passing”, and everyone who had mourned her death was shocked by the revelation, especially by the light-hearted tone of whoever had written it, “That is beyond psychotic, whether it was Susan herself or her daughter making these comments, to knowingly mislead somebody who’s grieving,” fellow author and member of The Ward, Samantha A. Cole, said. “Now I am wary of anybody I have never met in person, that I am friends with on Facebook, and that’s really sad.” 

“This Susan Meachen thing is so unbelievably disturbing and horrible,” one Twitter user wrote. “What sane person fakes their own death for TWO YEARS and then randomly gets on Facebook one day and just is like hey guys I’m back!!” Susan Meachen wasn’t the most popular author, not by a long shot, but her recent resurrection really took the entire internet by storm. Her bizarre story has been covered by major news outlets like CNN, the BBC or USA Today, but it remains an intriguing mystery. Is the person posting on Meachen’s social media accounts really her, and if so, why did she fake her death only to return two years later? ? from the BBC:

‘While she admits to faking her death, Ms Hill told BBC News that Ms Meachen had denied receiving any funds for funeral expenses. Instead, Ms Meachen said she had voluntarily committed herself for mental illness and addiction and maintained that any comments posted online during that time had been made by her family’ 

so did her 'Death' result in increased sales? I leave that one up to you.