Debut Novel Out Now
As We Bloom:
Wisdom From Extraordinary Everyday Women & Gender Nonconforming People
Join the author on her 10,000 mile, solo cross-country journey to meet women and gender nonconforming people charting brave paths that we don't see in magazines and movies, but that exist in our own backyard. The road is dotted with falling in and out of love, learning to trust ourselves when we don't have any answers and finding joy without a trendy shortcut, pro tip, or life hack. Bolton's debut weaves together a rich collection of diverse lived experiences and raw vulnerability against a backdrop of today's prominent social justice issues that urges us to indulge in possibility and reconnect with ourselves.
2026 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite: LGBTQ Nonfiction
2025 Nonfiction Book Awards Gold Winner: Personal Transformation
2025 Storytrade Book Awards Finalist: Nonfiction Prodigy
2025 Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medalist: Sexuality/Femininity
2025 NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite: Personal Growth
“So much more than a road trip memoir - an oral history of the kinds of stories we don’t usually get to hear.”
— Gabrielle Korn, author of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect, Yours For The Taking and The Shutouts
“A beautiful reminder that sharing our truth is an act of resistance - and healing. Vulnerable, honest, and brave - it’s a bloom worth witnessing!”
— Captain Liz Clark, author of Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening and Patagonia Surf Ambassador
About Mia K Bolton
Mia (she/her) is queer author, Vice President of social justice agency Mixte Communications, and Martha Beck Certified Wayfinder Life Coach. Her debut novel celebrates women and nonbinary people across America courageously reminding us there is no one right way to live. She believes deeply in art, joy and community as resistance. Find her in California with her wife, trying to teach their three cats to walk on a leash.