A.S. Thorne

For every self you’ve buried—and the one still fighting to rise.

I write stories that start in the dark.

Not because I want to stay there—but because I know what it’s like to live in silence. To carry grief that doesn’t have a name. To feel like the broken parts of you are the most honest. My books aren’t about saving the world—they’re about surviving it. About the kind of healing that’s slow, raw, and rarely tidy.

I write under the name A.S. Thorne—Another Self—because I’ve lived many versions of myself. Some that were quiet. Some that were loud with pain. Some that had no idea how to keep going, but did anyway. This name is for them. For the ones still finding their voice. For the ones still here.

For a long time, my writing was something I kept hidden—even from the people closest to me. Out of fear. Fear I wouldn’t be good enough. Fear I wouldn’t live up to my own expectations. Fear of failure. But the stories stayed. They asked to be told anyway.

And when I finally began to share them, the people who knew showed me nothing but love.

Now, I write for people like me—for those who carry too much, who doubt too often, who don’t always know how to speak but still want to be heard. Because your ideas matter. Your voice matters. And if you’ve ever been afraid to tell your story, I hope you’ll see a little of yourself in mine.

In my everyday life, I’m an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and child abuse. I’m also a student, working toward my Master of Social Work. I believe fiercely in the power of stories—how they hold space, how they bear witness, how they help us say things we couldn’t otherwise say.

I’m married, constantly outsmarted by my fur babies, and probably drinking too much coffee while writing through the night. My favorite color is somewhere between black and purple—shadow and bruise and transformation. I learn from my characters as I write them. I hope my readers do too.

The Mirror Between Us is my first novel. But it won’t be the last.
I hope you’ll stay a while. The story’s just beginning.

—A.S. Thorne

“When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.”
—A quote that’s stayed with me.