Fija Callaghan

“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write.” —Neil Gaiman

“Sometimes a tune is born out of outrage.” —Terrance Hayes

Hello! I'm Fija. That's me over there on the left.

I've been a lot of things -- writer, reader, bookseller, bookbinder, chocolatier, chocoholic, thespian, educator, and many others. Most of all I'm a storyteller. I've learned, along this rather rocky journey to get here and talk to you, that stories have the power to heal. To shape the world into something greater, or to break it down. 

In my stories and poems you'll find comfort, warmth, and rage. You'll find hope, and healing, and hunger. And I hope that whatever you're going through, wherever you are, these stories can make you feel less alone. 

That is why I write.