Maggie-Walters.com
Writer and Speaker. Challenging stereotypes around mental health.
SPLIT wins International Book Award!
What an exciting day! SPLIT won in two categories at the Goody Social Awareness Awards. This is an international competition for non-fiction books that uplift and change the world for the better -- who can ask for more! Let's all keep changing the narrative around mental health -- one.conversation.at.a.time!
Welcome! I'm Maggie.
My debut memoir is called SPLIT, and it is all about breaking down stigmas and changing the narrative around complex mental health! It launched in May and I'm really enjoying sharing my journey!
Have a look around my website and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you!
... and other things ...
It's been a crazy start to the end of the year. But ... drum roll please, I'm thrilled to say I've started recording my audiobook! Wow! It's a hard slog because you must focus so much on what you are saying and slow down! Cross fingers it will be out for public consumption in time for Christmas!
Mental Health Awareness Month was a blast -- and so personally rewarding to talk to people who want to understand and change their understanding of complex mental health challenges.
And now, I'm just about finished with the draft of Fractured Motherhood (just a clean up and tidy-up before it goes to out for a structural edit). Still looking to the middle of next year for publication.
2025 is already taking shape, with more to come. Always check out my On Tour page to see where I'll be next!
What is being said about SPLIT ...
A rare and fascinating journey
into the origin and turmoil
of living with Multiple
Personality Disorder.
Michelle Tom, 10,000 Aftershocks
It is at times a harrowing read,
but then if it was not there would be no inspiration, no
'rising above' - the valuable gift that real-life accounts such as this have to offer us.
Dr George Blair-West, Psychiatrist and author, The Girl in The Green Dress
This is a story not only of survival but of self-acceptance, of the triumph to simply live. You will not read another book like it.
Alan Close, Before You Met Me
SPLIT is a compelling read - brave. You have created an accessible and moving story out of the chaos and pain of complex trauma. I appreciate the beautiful structure! From the very beginning you establish trust with the reader - I felt in safe hands - no mean feat for any writer, let alone a story covering the topics you explore.
-- Laurel Cohn, PhD
Teacher | Coach | Developmental Editor
Did you know SPLIT (previously entitled Postcards From Home) was long listed for the prestigious Richelle Prize in 2022?
Approximately 1.5% of the population internationally has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568768/
Did you miss the launch of SPLIT?
Here are just a few fun pics of our evenings festivities!
I am so excited to be sharing my journey of healing to encourage and inspire others. Why not
order your copy of SPLIT here.