Anastasia Higginbotham is a writer, illustrator and creator of the children’s series Ordinary Terrible Things. Her first book of the series, DIVORCE IS THE WORST, was published in 2015 by the Feminist Press. For 10 years, Higginbotham taught full impact self-defense to kids and adults with Prepare Inc. Together with a partner instructor, Higginbotham trained and coached students from ages six and up to breathe, talk, or fight their way through realistic confrontation scenarios and attacks. Her essays have appeared in Ms., Bitch, The Sun, The Women’s Review of Books and in various anthologies, including Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. She is a 2015 Hedgebrook Fellow.

Books by Anastasia Higginbotham