Today we’d like to introduce you to Zoe Bacurin.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I’m a local novelist who specializes in queer representation and mental health awareness. Growing up in Tennessee, I was expected to hide particular facets of my life that didn’t align with other people’s values. My adult life has been all about shedding hateful rhetoric and writing novels that I wish I’d been able to read when I was young. It’s my goal to “never write the same book twice” and always explore new genres with a queer lens.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Let me tell ya, being a lesbian in Catholic school is no walk in the park. I was basically at war with the Mother Superior, who was determined to view me as a heathen.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I have written two novels (Mobs & Desserts / Bring Back My Bonnie)
Mobs & Desserts is about a pair of twins with healing powers and the unexpected fallout that comes from sharing those powers publicly.
Bring Back My Bonnie is about a woman who dies and becomes a ghost, discovering a hidden world of the dead in her hometown. While she sets out to stop a violent poltergeist, her family copes with the loss of the woman they dearly loved.
And I am currently working on a fairy tale of sorts. It’s a fantasy novel about depression.
Where we are in life is often partly because of others. Who/what else deserves credit for how your story turned out?
Shout-out to Lindsay Schultz who decided to put me in her bookshop and advocate for my stories in anyway she can. If it weren’t for her, I’d still be Emily Dickinson, alone in my room, writing for an audience of no one.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: zoepersephonebacurin
