What happens when a life spent in international development turns into fiction?

In this episode, debut novelist Johanna Kirwan joins me to talk about her stunning book Seven Lives — seven interconnected stories of women navigating love, loss, and purpose across the globe.

We dive into:

• How Johanna transformed decades of field experience into layered, human stories
• The line between autofiction and memoir — and why she chose fiction
• The creative freedom that comes with writing later in life
• Her choice to publish with small press Fire & Feather, instead of chasing an agent

It’s a conversation about purpose, legacy, and writing the stories that stay with you — even after the work ends.

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