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A love letter to the natural world

...this story shows how dismantling beliefs calls for fight and fury, but also empathy and heart. Honest in its exploration of the deep-rooted challenges of one rural community, Fault Lines is a masterpiece as breathtaking as our West Virginian forests. Empowering and sublime.”

- Anuradha D. Rajurkar
author of American Betiya, a 2022 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection

Humorous and heartwrenching

Equal parts

- Kirkus Reviews

... A powerful, tender reminder of the importance of friendship in times of trauma."

A layered compelling collection

NPR
Best Book of the Year

that helps close the distances between us all.

Absolutely extraordinary and necessary.

Rita Willams-Garcia
New York Times
best selling author and Newbery winner

(AB)SOLUTELY NORMAL is

Naisa Beaumont
Environmental Scientist

Build resilience, activate hope,

uncover blind spots and unstick us from our complacency.

A captivating example of how the power of story can

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From Fault lines

From the edge of anything

I believe deeply in the power of community — not just as a support system, but as a creative force. 

I hold a mindset of abundance: when we open the world of good writing to more people, we all grow. We all benefit. There is room for all of us , and the more voices that rise, the more beauty we get to witness.

I AIM to create an energy where we help each other

A Note on Community