Grounded social justice. Stories. Joys. Sorrows. Rage. Spiritual leadings. Questions. Mistakes. History. Recommendations.

Relentlessly critical of systems. Ridiculously soft on humans.

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Writerly stuff about me: I write y.a. novels, most recently Believarexic. I’m also an editor and writing coach. My novels have been translated into six languages and received international acclaim.

Social-justice stuff: I’m a community restorative justice facilitator and a prison abolitionist working in solidarity with folks most affected by systems of harm. Together, we envision a world where we do no harm and we all belong to each other.

Spiritual stuff: Nondogmatic Quaker. Unruly mystic. Earnest believer in fairies.

Identity stuff: I’m a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, mentor, and spiritual director. I’m white, cisgender, queer, Gen X. My ancestors violently settler-colonized Turtle Island in the early 1600s; I live on unceded Eno and Sapori land in Durham, North Carolina. I support indigenous LandBack movements in my writing and with my money.