Timely Tales That Speak To A Variety Of Women’s Experiences
Butler’s sharp short-story collection focuses on women's agency and the ways they make choices (or not).
“In an era in which mainstream fiction all-too-often focuses on characters who are pampered, urbane, and a little bougie, it’s refreshing to read about working women wrestling with and breaking free of cycles of poverty and abuse. Each story in this collection marks that moment of liberation, however messy, and they all leave readers wanting to know what happens next.”- BUST Magazine
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TJ Butler
TJ Butler divides her time between a sailboat and a tiny house. She writes fiction and essays that are not all fun and games. Her black & white photography mimics the gritty nature often found in her writing.
She has a BA in a field she probably won’t return to. Her work appears in a variety of media outlets and literary journals.
TJ is a cheese enthusiast. She was crowned Miss Virginia Beach in a shopping mall pageant when she was three, and she was one of those kids who wanted to be a writer when they grow up. She’s held numerous jobs from dishwasher to magician’s assistant to office worker bee. She was a cat person until she was a dog person, and she once ate shark but found that it tasted too much like a predator.
She and her husband are both corporate dropouts. They have a puppersnapper named Sylvie and they own a business that supports the arts.