Wendy Kirkland is the author of the Booey Creek novels, a multiple-book series set in a fictional mountain town in Western North Carolina. Drawn to the quiet power of place, she writes stories shaped by land, memory, and the unseen threads that bind families and communities across generations.
Booey Creek is home to characters with unusual life stories and layered histories—people shaped by loss, resilience, faith, and the enduring pull of the mountains. Through their lives, Wendy explores how the past lingers, how healing unfolds in unexpected ways, and how ordinary moments often carry extraordinary meaning.
After years of writing non-fiction, Wendy found in these novels a deeply personal and creative home. Writing Booey Creek allows her to blend storytelling with a spiritual awareness of presence, connection, and grace. The town may be fictional, but to her—and to her readers—it feels entirely real.
Wendy Kirkland is the author of the Booey Creek novels, a multiple-book series set in a fictional mountain town in Western North Carolina. Drawn to the quiet power of place, she writes stories shaped by land, memory, and the unseen threads that bind families and communities across generations.
Booey Creek is home to characters with unusual life stories and layered histories—people shaped by loss, resilience, faith, and the enduring pull of the...
In Booey Creek, North Carolina, the mountains hold more than quiet beauty — they hold secrets. For two lifelong friends, a white woman who has never left the valley and a Black woman who made it her home decades ago, the past refuses to stay buried. What seemed like a tragic accident years earlier continues to cast long shadows over families and...
Sometimes the past won’t stay quiet. Sometimes it runs straight into the present.
Malka Gertrude Faygan has never been one to run from hard work—or from the shadows of her past. After a childhood marked by grit and grim lessons on her father’s farm, she carves out a quiet, steady life as a bookkeeper in Booey Creek. From mountain farms to...
When Roan Joy Allman returns to the mountains of Western North Carolina, she hopes a return to the old farmhouse in Booey Creek will offer what her heart longs for—peace, purpose, and a place to begin family history again. The land holds memories that whisper in the rustling trees, some tender and some too painful to name.
