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Published Work Creative Nonfiction/Essays We Had Tea Close Encounters with a Main Street Prophet If You Can Tell it, You Can Write It (Craft essay) Saving Christmas Beast of Burden We Don’t Talk Fiction The Bear Who Loved Me Snails are People Too When We Were Giants Ghost Writer I Met God in a Bookstore Home is Not a Place Hybrid Work (CNF/Prose poetry) The Space Between Us: An Introvert’s Words to the World Wonder Lust Awards/Honors A Life in Seasons These three flash fiction stories were a finalist in Defenestration’s Flash Suite Contest 2025. "Sunshine Daydream" is long listed for Wigleaf Top 50 in 2025. The View from the Window in Mauthausen This flash fiction story was a finalist in Apple in the Dark’s Flash Contest 2025. Excerpts from my Zombie Diary This hybrid flash piece was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Trash Cat Lit 2025. Author Interview with Everscribe Magazine Friday Five Q&A with Andrew Careaga

Close Substack Mail AUTHOR Book Signings and Workshops: Saturday, Sept 26, 2-3:30 pm at Ashland Library Whether you're an emerging or experienced writer, come chat with me about spicing up your creative nonfiction with fantastical elements like ghosts, superhuman powers, and parallel universes. Speculation is not a lie. It's a device, a lens, through which memoirists give readers a fresh perspective of truth. Imagination doesn't answer questions-- it asks them. Come discover the world of "what-if" in your untold true stories. ABOUT ME I write fiction occasionally, but mostly memoir and creative nonfiction. My work is published in literary magazines, where it has been recognized for excellence in craft, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction. If you are interested in reading short form essays or stories about parenting, how faith can help you overcome addiction and heal from childhood trauma, how recovering from eating disorders is possible, even late in life, then my writing is for you. Both of my memoirs have been named finalists for major book awards. I enjoy getting to know readers, and am available for online and in-person book events. Get in touch through email, and please subscribe to my free Substack for updates on new releases and events. Guest interview on podcast Stories from the Center of the Universe Listen here Professional Memberships: Independent Author Network Virginia Writers Club(Hanover Chapter) Poets and Writers AWP

Tracie Adams writes memoir and creative nonfiction. She publishes her work in literary magazines, where she has been recognized for excellence in craft, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction, . If you are interested in reading short form essays or stories about motherhood, how faith can help you overcome addiction and heal from childhood trauma, how recovering from eating disorders is possible, even late in life, then Tracie's writing is for you. Not Finished Yet 2025 Finalist BookLife/ Publishers Weekly Prize for nonfiction “The book is impossible to set aside.” — Jamie Michele, Readers’ Favorite (Five-Star Review) “Glowing with vulnerability, wit, and craft, Adams reveals how our most imperfect memories become our most treasured.” — Dave Nash, Writer and Book Reviewer “ The prose is clear, musical, and purposeful. By the final section, Drifting and Waiting, Adams has achieved something admirable: a memoir that feels open-ended yet complete.” — Maria Ashford, Bookshelfie Reviewer (Five-Star Review) “Threaded with humor, grace, and unsparing honesty, Not Finished Yet is both an autopsy and an anthem— an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.” — Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist Buy BUY NOW Praise for Our Lives in Pieces “Our Lives in Pieces: A Collection of Flash Memoir Essays by Tracie Adams presents a poignant and skillfully crafted mosaic of personal narratives that examine themes of grief, memory, resilience, and grace. Each short essay acts as a piece in a larger puzzle, shaped by pain, humor, longing, and the hope that emerges when the fragmented parts of life are tenderly pieced together. The book is structured into four thematic sections—Shattered, Tattered, Mattered, and Flattered—reflecting the emotional journey from trauma to healing. In “Shattered,” the essays detail significant personal losses, such as the gradual decline of a loved one due to illness or the sudden and solitary death of an unidentified veteran in hospice. Adams uses vivid imagery and sensory descriptions to animate these experiences, using metaphors like fireflies, glass globes, and snow globes to deepen the emotional impact. Throughout the collection, Tracie Adams invites the reader to sit with discomfort, yet she always offers a thread of hope. Her voice remains intimate and courageous, balancing confessional vulnerability with poetic insight. Faith and spirituality gently underscore the narratives, not in a dogmatic sense, but as part of the author’s worldview. The influence of the Japanese art of kintsugi, introduced in the prologue, serves as the book’s guiding metaphor: brokenness repaired with beauty, making each person’s story more complete for having endured and survived. This collection best suits readers who appreciate deeply personal nonfiction told with lyrical precision, as found in high-caliber literary journals. Adams’s essays are honest and evocative, ideal for those who find comfort in reflective writing and seek to understand the sacred in everyday moments. Our Lives in Pieces is a heartfelt tribute to the strength found in fragility and the light that seeps through the cracks.” —Carol Thompson, Reader’s Favorite (Five Star Award)