Hazel Winterbrook writes intimate, emotionally resonant fiction about ordinary lives at the moment everything changes. Her stories linger in the quiet spaces—between grief and hope, solitude and connection—where small acts of kindness can alter the course of a life.

Rooted in a love of place, memory, and the people who are often overlooked, her work explores aging, loss, chosen family, and the stubborn, necessary act of staying. She is drawn to characters who believe their stories are finished—until something unexpected proves them wrong.

She lives in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where fog drifts through the valleys and silence has its own weight. The List of Nine (and Louie) is her debut novel.

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