Acamea Deadwiler (@acamea) is here with her debut memoir Daddy’s Little Stranger (Riddle Brook Publishing).
It started as an essay collection, but at the behest of her publisher, she was tasked with making it more of a traditional memoir. The result is a coming-of-age story of a young woman who grew up without a father and how she navigated her early life without that influence. Better put, how she navigated her early life with that absence.
We also talk about her influences, studying inspiration texts, what her basketball career taught her about what it takes to be a writer, and finding that elusive voice. Really rich talk.
Acamea is a Pushcart Prize nominated writer, and her work has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, North American Review, and Beyond Words LIterary Magazine. Her features also have appeared in the New York Post, Cosmopolitan, and Bustle.
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