Mariah Friend

Mariah Friend is a former ICU nurse turned debut author of The Pattern Shop–a story about the hopes and fears we inherit and the courage it takes to choose home, again and again. Her poetry has appeared in The Walnut Branch, Poetry South, and Entwined: Motherhood and Creativity. She writes Heartbeats, a newsletter for women reclaiming their creative lives from the margins, and currently lives in the Chattanooga hills with her husband and son.