Jason Buchholz is the author of the novelA Paper Son(Tyrus Books, 2016), whichPublisher's Weeklydescribed as ""a gripping debut"" andBooklistdescribed as ""wonderfully imaginative."" He is the co-founder of Collaborist, an editorial boutique that provides writing, editing, and educational services for aspiring and established authors. He was an editor and the art director of Achiote Press, and his poetry and short fiction have appeared inGobbledegookandSwitchback. He graduated from UC Berkeley and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco. Jason lives in the East Bay area, California.
“Mesmerizing and magical, perfect from the first page to the last.” — Pedro Hoffmeister, author of American Afterlife ""In The Cartographer of Sands, Jason Buchholz charts the tremors of a family navigating secrets, mistakes, and the unknowable depths of their ancestry. Told with a lyrical hand and an eye for sensory detail, the story unfolds with no signposts—just the raw, immediate experience of characters living through what they cannot yet understand. This is a novel where the mystical brushes up against the mundane—where visions bloom behind truck stops, and the sacred slips into the everyday. Rich in specificity and a profound sense of place, Cartographer explores the ripple effects of seemingly unrelated choices, the shifting lines of identity and purpose, and the maps we draw to find our way back to ourselves and each other."" —Nikki Van De Car, author of The Invisible Wild