Christa Desir - Founding Member & The Stories We Tell Mentor

A feminist, author, former rape victim advocate, lover of coffee and chocolate, and Sunday school teacher, Christa Desir is a founding member of The Voices and Faces Project.

Her debut young adult novel Fault Line was conceived during our very first Stories We Tell writing workshop. “During that first workshop I learned so much about myself as a writer,” Christa says, “and I interacted with other survivors in a way I’d never done before. It allowed me to find my voice and tell a story I didn’t think I ever could.” With its provocative storyline about a rape at a high school party and the aftermath for the survivor and her loved ones, Fault Line challenges young people to rethink their relation to gender-based violence.

“Doing this work, I felt for the first time that I was part of a community. Other sexual assault survivors are like family — a different kind of family, but a family all the same,” says Christa.

Christa has published several other well-received young adult novels since Fault Line. To this day she donates a percentage of profits from sales on that first novel to fund future workshops. “I want other writers,” she explains, “to experience The Stories We Tell writing program and its power.”