1 Published BooksRiver Braun
River Braun is the author of call me him, a young adult novel about identity, belonging, and becoming. A finalist for both the North Street Book Prize and Voyage, River writes with the kind of empathy and insight that only lived experience can bring—having gone through puberty twice and worked with high-risk LGBTQ+ youth. His stories are tender, rebellious, and rooted in the belief that we all deserve to feel seen.
He believes storytelling can dissolve the imagined lines between “us” and “them,” and he writes the books he needed growing up—books that reach across difference and offer a sense of home. These days, he’s a wanderer, finding inspiration in quiet mornings, unfamiliar cities, and the in-between places. He’s currently writing his third novel.
Follow his journey and read more of his writing at onawander.substack.com.
