Shemaiah Gonzalez
Shemaiah Gonzalez is a storyteller and essayist with degrees in English Literature (B.A.), Intercultural Ministry (MAPS) and Creative Non-Fiction Writing (MFA). She thrives in moments where storytelling, art, literature, and faith collide. Her work has appeared in America Magazine, Dappled Things, Our Sunday Visitor and Loyola Press, among others. Her book Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight was published with Zondervan in 2025. A Los Angeles native, she now lives in Seattle with her husband and their two teen sons.
Articles by Shemaiah Gonzalez
A New Entry in the Canon of Orphan Literature
He begins the story cradling his father’s headstone, a symbol, as there is no body, and prepares to set it next to his mother’s grave.
