Advance Praise:
"I love a passionate, vivid portrait of an American city -- RAZED gives readers just that in this novel that explores generations of family living through the many histories of a city in New York." Susan Straight, bestselling author of Mecca and In the Country of Women
"A stirring portrait of great conflict and intimate triumphs, RAZED deftly tethers present day 1973 with an unshakeable and selectively blind and brutal past. RAZED is a reminder of an unjust world and the prayer of the next generation on the horizon." Rita Williams-Garcia, author of A Sitting in St. James
"In this coming of age story, our narrator heroine, Lucretia Wilson, wrestles with complex issues. [She] is a character to love and hate and love again. RAZED is a compelling read, complex in its simplicity -- a brilliant feat for a writer. My hope is that we get to see this heroine again in a sequel." Romaine Washington, author of Purgatory has an Address
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My name is Thatcher Carter.
I come from a long line of grudge-keepers. My father stopped talking to his brother when I was a toddler, cutting off half our family. Then, my mother stopped talking to her sister for decades, further depleting our numbers. Since I was a child, I have read books as a way to understand these complex human decisions, every novel serving as a blueprint of what to embrace or avoid. My writing also centers around this mystery of human relationships.
For 25 years, I taught English at Riverside Community College in California. In 2025, my husband and I retired to Canada where we have found a wonderful community right along the banks of Lake Ontario near Kingston. I was lucky enough to find some local writers and helped create a writing group that we call Women Writing With Joy.
My first novel was published by Inlandia Books in 2025. You can read a draft excerpt here at Embark: A Literary Journal for Novelists.
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