Hello the Unknown is the intimate and inspiring account of a girl on a journey around the world, moving through her doubts and fears, to find herself. While in Thailand on a modeling job, memories of a previous round-the-world backpacking trip with her then-boyfriend, Paul, hits Coline like a tsunami. She's in a different relationship now and has just moved in with her boyfriend Andrew, but time and space are giving Coline greater clarity, and she cannot ignore how disconnected she's grown from her self. As past and present collide into her life, Coline's search for inner peace pushes her to make some major life changes From Thailand to New Zealand, from Normandy to New York City and from fear to love, Hello the Unknown is Coline's journey home. The National Indie Excellence book Award (NIEA) celebrates self and independent publishers and endorses the quality of the author's work Sandrine Marlier-Riquier is honored to have been selected as a Finalist in the 2015 National Indie Excellence contest, in the New Adult Fiction category for Hello the Unknown.