My first fiction novel is in the works!

Charlie’s Retreat is set across the span of a summer-long trauma healing retreat in the New Mexico desert. The story explores how privilege differentials and wildly varying experiences of marginalization impact our ability to love, trust, and heal in community.

It’s loosely inspired by my experiences trying to build a career directly helping neurodivergent individuals heal from trauma—and the transformative knowledge that came from listening to, learning from, and conflicting with the people I encountered within the community.

Subscribers of the Zamdanga Healing Substack will get the most robust updates about its progress, character drops, behind-the-scenes rambles, and probably the occasional “please encourage me because I feel like a total fraud” meltdown. It’s my first book—I’m terrified!