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.
Underestimated and overlooked at each stage and age, Maya Jordan’s ambition and resilience was born in the library and nourished by reading and the Open University – through early motherhood, precarious housing, caring responsibilities and chronic disability – to a point where she finally seizes her right to write.
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
I Did it Again
History repeats. To be fair, the world is ending, and in the grand scheme of things, the frailties of my lack of willpower are not even a blip on the time/space continuum (should that be on or in…my whole grasp of time/space continuum grammar is a little fuzzy.) It all started with reading the news…
Nothing to Wear (again)
I’m off to Cardiff to chat CHOPSY with the fab folk at Book-Space Cardiff. Going a week early, the plan is to rest enough after the journey so that the M.E fairy feels accommodated and consulted on every decision. (Life works best if she gives me the illusion of control.) I’ve writing to do anyway,…
CHOPSY Giveaway
Do you know someone who needs a little CHOPSY in their life. Giving away a signed copy of the book and a sparkly CHOPSY brooch, from the fabulous Wear and Resist, along with booksmarks and badges. For a chance to win simply head over to my Instagram tag a friend who needs some CHOPSY, then…
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