- NOVELIST
- SCREENWRITER
- SONGWRITER
- DOG LOVER
- OVER-THINKER
From Joan:
My husband and I moved from Brooklyn, New York to just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’ve now got urban and high desert in me. I like that a lot. As always, I’ve been writing. I finished the screenplay of my book, Hope Was Here, well on its way to becoming an indie film. I finished the musical adaptation of my first YA novel, Squashed. I finished my first novel for adult readers, a story of a singer/songwriter trying to find her voice when everything in her past comes crashing in. Big change changes us. Coyotes howl at night here, I’m learning to bake at high altitude, I’m learning to not need street lights to find my way home. I will forever love Brooklyn, but these sunsets, these sunrises… God is surely showing off.
Visit me on Substack, Joan Bauer, Writing in the Corners - Thoughts and Stories
Joan's new book is available for pre-order: This Is Epic
Everyone thought The Duprees were the perfect family band. But behind the Billboard chart successes were the family lies, behind those lies were the abuse and gaslighting, and then came the ultimate upending.
This Is Epic is a touching and funny story of a singer/songwriter’s hard-fought journey to recover the best part of herself – her voice and her songwriting – in the place she least expects: her newfound understanding of family.
Joan’s Library of Work
Hope Was Here
WHEN HOPE GETS RELEASED IN A PLACE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
A teenage waitress and her aunt, diner cook extraordinaire, meet politics, corruption, and their pasts head-on in this New York Times bestselling classic about honor, trust, and serving up your very best.
“Gobble this up like so much comfort food.” Publishers Weekly
“… Bauer is in a class by herself.” School Library Journal, starred
