ABOUT
J. L. Zano is an author exploring the complexities of human belief and relationships through fiction and non-fiction. She is currently working on three novels. In addition to writing, she enjoys photography, road trips, and overthinking.
She is a graduate student set to complete her MA in Writing with dual concentrations in fiction and non-fiction from Johns Hopkins University in December 2024.
FICTION WORKS IN PROGRESS
SAY WHEN
Mars is running on instinct when she escapes the dangerous cult she’s lived in for most of her young life. Now, she must put her trust in a man she’s never met before—her father.
EJECTA
Past and present collide when Miney finds remnants of her former life on display at an amateur art show. Why can’t she remember what, and who, she left behind?
I AM (NOT) MARITA
It’s 1968. Marita’s mother is dead. Her father has left her ten sisters and brothers alone at the hogan, and now the missionary and his wife have shown up to take them to their new homes hundreds of miles away.
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