This Is My Brave Alumni Authors
Within our Brave family, many of our alumni storytellers are also published authors! We know that reading is such a powerful tool for recovery, so we want to share these incredible options with our Brave community.
- Joe Fusaro from our NYC show is the author of nine poetry chapbooks available on Amazon
- Charita Brown from our Baltimore show is the author of “Defying the Verdict: My Bipolar Life“
- Denita Stevens from our Philadelphia show is the author of “Invisible Veils“
- T-Kea Blackman from our Arlington show is the author of “Saved & Depressed: A Suicide Survivor’s Journey of Mental Health, Healing & Faith“
- Margaret Rutherford, PhD from our Bentonville show is the author of “Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism That Masks Your Depression“
- Hillary Marotta from our Harrisburg show is the author of “Head and Heart: How to Run a Smart and Compassionate Nonprofit“
- Jason Wright from our Boston show is the author of several poetry chapbooks
- Robbie Taylor from our Charlotte show is the author of “Broken to Beacon“
- Kevin “Earleybird” Earley from our 2014 inaugural show is the author of “The Book of Rhymes“
- Olivia Hinebaugh from our 2014 inaugural show is the author of “The Birds, the Bees and You and Me“
- Debra DeAngelo from our Los Angeles show is the author of “The Elements of Horse Spirit: The Magical Bond Between Humans and Horses“
- Barbara Barton from our Lansing show is the author of “Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan“
- Jason Wright from our Boston show is the Founder and publisher of “Oddball Magazine“
- Nita Sweeney from our Columbus show is the author of “Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink“
- Elise Seyfried from our Philadelphia show is the author of four books, all available on Amazon
- Chrysta Bairre from our Denver show is the author of “Beautiful Badass: How to Believe In Yourself Against the Odds“
- Sakinah Kaiser from our Arlington show is the author of “No One Taught Me the Human Side of Islam: The Muslim Hippie’s Story of Living with Bipolar Disorder“
- Joya Polk from our Houston show is the author of “She Speaks: Twenty Years of Silence“
- Rohan Sharma from our Philadephia show is the author of “A Very Thin Line: My Journey with Bipolar“
- Johnny Calloway from our Orlando show is the author of “Dragons to Butterflies: the Metamorphosis of a Man“
- Nadia Monroe from our Arlington show is the author of “Just Like My Daddy Taught Me“
- Gabe Howard from our Columbus show is the author of “Mental Illness is an Asshole – And Other Observations“
- Megan Roach from our Bethesda show is the author of “You Are Loved” and you can purchase a copy directly from Megan by emailing her: j4j2018@yahoo.com
- Elaina J. Martin from our 2014 inaugural show is the author of “There Comes a Light: A Memoir of Mental Illness“
- Kathleen Frazier from our 2015 New York City show is the author of “Sleepwalker: The Mysterious Makings and Recovery of a Somnambulist“
- Swiyyah Woodard from our 2021 Stories From the Black Community Show Volume 1 is the author of “Don’t Call Me Crazy! I’m Just In Love“
