Author of sci-fi, memoir, and maternal truth-telling. Writing across trauma, revolution, and the sacred mess of healing.
Mary Beth Haile
Mary Beth Haile is a multidisciplinary author whose work spans speculative fiction, memoir, cultural commentary, and maternal philosophy. With an unflinching voice sharpened by experience and softened by empathy, she explores the intersection of personal trauma, social justice, and collective healing. Her science fiction trilogy The Empire Reckoning interrogates power, revolution, and redemption through complex characters navigating moral ambiguity and systemic upheaval. In her memoir and essays—including Mom Lore, The Black Will Run Red, and My First Memory—she lays bare the wounds and wisdom born of a tumultuous childhood, early motherhood, and survival within fractured systems.
Whether examining the moral architecture of imagined worlds or the messy, luminous truths of real life, Haile brings a rare blend of intellectual rigor and emotional candor to every page. Her work challenges readers to question their assumptions, embrace nuance, and seek not perfection but clarity. She believes in justice with integrity, parenting with presence, and writing with both armor and heart.
Mary Beth lives, writes, and mothers in equal measure, always watching the horizon—and the ground beneath her feet.
Write Like You Need It to Survive
~"Non-Stop", Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda
Book One of the Empire Reckoning Trilogy
A cryptic tip. A dying world. A journalist searching for purpose—and a rebellion waiting to ignite.
In the galaxy-guarded Irgan-Ebo Empire, caste defines worth and Viidar Corporation reigns supreme. When Rachel Berry, a struggling field reporter, arrives on the planet Onesfu to chase a story, she unearths more than corruption—she finds a revolution. Drawn into a web of lies, love, and legacy, Rachel must decide which side of history to stand on… and what she’s willing to risk for the truth.
In a world built on honor and empire, what happens when both fall?
A rookie cop. A violent pursuit. A night that changes everything. Blood Enough is a gripping, atmospheric novel that takes you deep into the mind of a new officer navigating his first critical incident. Blending psychological intensity with street-level authenticity, this story explores courage, trauma, and what it means to face your own mortality in the dark corners of society—and your own soul. A must-read for fans of procedurals with heart and grit.
Told through the raw, unflinching voice of a veteran law enforcement officer, What Doesn’t Kill You journeys deep into the heart of the opioid crisis, mental illness, and the stark realities of homelessness in America. Through immersive storytelling and lived experience, Eric Hofstein—supported by his wife and co-author Mary Beth Haile—offers a ground-level view of a system buckling under its own weight and the human cost hidden in plain sight. This is more than a memoir—it’s a reckoning, a call to empathy, and an invitation to see the world’s most vulnerable through different eyes.
Coming Soon: Book 2 of the Empire Reckoning Series — Honor Over Empire
Power shifts. Loyalties fracture. Balance is fragile.
In a world still reeling from revolution, the real battle isn’t over territory—it’s over the soul of the empire. As old alliances crumble and dangerous ideologies rise, Honor Over Empire explores what it means to rebuild a society… and what you're willing to sacrifice to keep it from falling again.
Sometimes the hardest fight is the one for balance.
A literary mosaic of myth, memory, humor, and pain—told by a family that refuses to look away.
Laid Bare is not a traditional anthology. It’s an unthology—a raw, genre-defying collection of flash fiction, poetry, and short stories from author Mary Beth Haile and her children. These pieces range from the surreal to the satirical, the lyrical to the emotionally brutal. Some are humorous. Some are haunted. All of them speak from a place of fierce truth.
Inside you'll find:
A dissection lab where divinity disrupts the curriculum
A daughter reborn as a myth
A perfect heart still beating in death
Children who see with uncanny clarity
Survivors who name the cost of beauty and pain
This is not a tidy, moralized collection. There are no bows, no forced redemptions. Just honest storytelling—laid bare.
One love story. Infinite worlds.
The Anchor Multiverse — Coming Soon
The Anchor Multiverse is a genre-spanning series that reimagines the same timeless relationship across romance, sci-fi, and fantasy universes. In each world, two people are thrown together—navigating career pressures, sacrifice, loyalty, and impossible choices—as they discover that real love isn’t about perfect timing, but about choosing each other again and again.
From capstone projects and corporate ethics, to interstellar rebellions and magical power struggles, every world offers a new twist on the question: What holds us steady when everything else shifts?
Stay tuned as the Anchor Multiverse unfolds—where love is always the constant, and every story begins with finding your anchor.