I’m Maya, a working-class writer and storyteller living in Mid-Wales. I write fiction, memoir and stories about the Dragon who lives on my roof.
‘A curse on being ordinary! Wrong is not her name. Her name is Maya Jordan. She is a noisy woman and we should fear her.’
– Michael Sheen
‘Funny as hell and full of fight. Maya’s voice is the real deal.’
– Daisy May Cooper
My memior CHOPSY – The Resistance Tales of a Working-class Woman published by September Publishing is out now.
A sharply funny, furious and rousing account of a life lived in triumphant opposition to the limitations and systemic inequalities of a working-class woman’s life.
Buy my book: linktr.ee/chopsymayajordan
When I am not writing, I’m mostly being dragged around a field by my mad dog, Bertie.
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latest blogs
An Awfully Big Adventure
For some of you, these will be the last days of summer with kids at home before they head off to university. They will come back, if only to get their washing done, and leave mould-crusted pans under the stairs for you to sniff out once they return to their real life. In the coming…
Food as love…but not for some
A recent article I wrote in The Bee went viral on social media. (you can read the full article here.) The Power of a Happy Meal While many of the comments were supportive, people sharing the same experiences either as parents or kids, some of the more, shall we say, predictable comments got me thinking.…
Lost in time
My books need changing at the library, but that would mean putting on a proper bra. We have tickets for an afternoon concert … but that would mean putting on a proper bra. Calendars have been abandoned. Without the mid-afternoon spiteful squeeze of an underwire, I barely know what time it is
Bordering Grey 