The Stories We Write

The Stories We Write opens Olivia Dade's Fandom trilogy, a romantic comedy built around fan culture, body positivity, and the stories people tell to feel less alone.

April writes fan fiction for a cult fantasy series under a pseudonym, pouring care into stories that quietly explore desire, insecurity, and belonging. She has no idea that one of the show's stars, Marcus, writes in the same fandom under his own anonymous handle — until a chance meeting forces them both out from behind their screen names.

Dade's trilogy is known for centering confident, plus-size heroines opposite equally vulnerable heroes, and for treating fandom spaces — with all their creativity and pettiness — as a place worth taking seriously. The German edition was translated by Ulrike Gerstner.