Charlotte Maya

Charlotte Maya is the author of Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience. She has published essays on grief, loss, suicide, and hope in the New York Times (Modern Love and Tiny Love Stories), CNN, Hippocampus Magazine, Writers’ Digest, and elsewhere. She has spoken on the topics of children’s grief and resilience for groups such as USC/Keck Verdugo Hills Hospital, Ellevate, and the National Alliance of Grieving Children. Her work has been featured on CNN and the BBC, as well as NPR’s Airtalk with Larry Mantle and Zibby Owen’s podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Charlotte earned a B.A. in English literature from Rice University and a J.D. from UCLA. She is also an Author Accelerator certified book coach in memoir. She lives in Southern California with her husband and enjoys hiking in the local foothills and downward-dogging with her so-called hunting dog.