Charissa Bates

Charissa Bates is a cancer survivor, mama to three, and a children’s mental health therapist whose life and writing are shaped by faith, resilience, and the beauty found in everyday family moments. She is the author of The Traveling Book series, We Find Joy: Cancer Messed with the Wrong Family, the Brain Builders Series, I Do Declare, A Norwegian Fair, Garden Valley Kids: Fort in the Woods, and Standstill: A Young Mom Conquering Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Represented by Kristen Terrette of Martin Literacy and Management, Charissa dreams of the day her work is discovered by the perfect publisher. Through her stories, she encourages families to hold on to hope, find joy in the unknowns, and see purpose woven through both celebration and struggle, while also inviting readers to step into new worlds filled with curiosity, imagination, and wonder.