Alyssa Graybeal

Editor, writing coach, and award-winning author

Dappled sunlight and plants. Alyssa Graybeal, a light-skinned woman with short hair and glasses, smiles widely.

*Finalist for the 2024 Oregon Book Award

*Winner of the Red Hen Press Nonfiction Book Award

*Recommended by Ms. Magazine, Booklist, and Library Journal

*A Library Journal Best Memoir & Biography of 2023

New from Red Hen Press:

A hypermobile memoir about the emotional landscape of the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome from a patient’s perspective. A playful story of falling down, getting back up again, and realizing you should have gone to the hospital sooner.

Work with Alyssa

Penpal writing coaching

For writers who want to strengthen their craft and maintain momentum on a specific project, all at a calm, reflective pace…in writing. No Zoom sessions required.

Developmental editing for memoir

For memoirists with a full manuscript who are ready to make their book enticing to publishers and captivating for readers.  

  • Image of 5 greeting cards for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or other chronic illness.

    EDS greeting cards

  • Cover of comic The Last Thing I Wanted to Do with My Life" by Alyssa Graybeal. Image shows a mug of tea in a drawn spiral

    Comics

  • Zines / diary comics about life with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

    Floppy zines

  • Alyssa Graybeal holding a copy of Floppy in a bookstore

    Signed copy of Floppy!

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