First Name
Mariah
Last Name
Friend
Member Since
2026-01-14
About
Mariah Friend is a former ICU nurse turned author. Her recent debut, The Pattern Shop, is a literary novel 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 creative caregivers, and currently lives among the Chattanooga hills with her husband and toddler.
Genres I write in
Nonfiction, Poetry, Blogs, General Fiction