Expertise



Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside and writing about mental illness, social issues, and anxiety.

Writing and maintaining a career with chronic illness.

Poetry as a spiritual practice.

Narrative generosity and why we need storytellers now more than ever with the current state of our society

Biography

Stephanie Harper is the author of the award-winning novel Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside, as well as a poetry collection entitled Sermon Series.

She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University.

She’s written personal essays and articles for many publications online and in print.

She currently lives in Littleton, CO.

Publishing History

Fiction

Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside, originally published (2020) Second edition (2023)

Poetry Collection

Sermon Series (2017)

Essays and Articles

How Chronic Illness Helped Me Cultivate Better Reading Habits, Healthline, (2021)

How Poetry Leads Us To See Creation Anew, Living Lutheran (2019)

The Greenhouse Where Tomatoes Grow in Iceland, Gastro Obscura (2018)

When Your Emotional Abuser is Your Best Guy Friend, Argot Magazine (2017)

Essays with HelloGiggles, 2014-present Essays with HuffPost (2014- present)

Speaking Experience



Readings at several bookstores and online for the release of both my books, including Boulder Bookstore, Old Firehouse books, and Lighthouse Writer's Workshop

Poetry and Prayer, Class, 2014 “Exploring Graphic Narrative in Fiction”

Lecture, July 2012 “Expressive Forms of Faith,” Seminar, October 2010

Awards



Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside, 2021 Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award

and

CAL Awards Finalist 2021