Author. Advocate. A little feral.
I’m Angelia N. Bailey. I write about survival and reclamation, make room for honest conversations, and stand with survivors through We Are The Bear.
Founder of01 / Survivor advocacy
A book became a movement.
And this is just the beginning.
The work that won’t wait
I didn’t set out to start a movement. I wanted survivors to have a place to tell their stories.
What began as an anthology grew into a responsibility I couldn’t leave on the page. We Are The Bear is becoming a permanent national movement for sexual assault survivors, with their voices at its heart.
The anthology brings together firsthand accounts shared by survivors. Each contributor’s words and choices matter. My role is to help those voices be heard.
I’m pursuing changes to how universities handle sexual assault investigations and challenging systems that let survivors down. Public rallies and conversations are part of that work.
My goal reaches all 50 states and the federal level. I’m building toward legislative reform, continued survivor anthologies, and a movement that keeps showing up.
Updates, rally announcements, and ways to get involved.
WE STAND WITH JANE DOE!
There is room for you here02 / The written word
Real lives. Fractured magic. Complicated people.
I’ve never been very good at staying in one lane.
The anthology / An ongoing seriesNonfiction / Survivor accounts
Their stories.
Their words.
A voice that carries.
A collection of firsthand sexual assault survivor accounts. These pages are one part of a larger effort to end the silence and demand accountability.
I’m building this as an ongoing anthology series, because the work continues beyond one book.
Get anthology updatesContent note: the anthology contains accounts of sexual violence.
Dark romantasy / Forthcoming
A fractured mage. A past that won’t stay buried. A family worth fighting for.
Viviana Thorne carves out a new identity in the criminal underworld, fighting in illegal pit matches for coin and searching old books for a way to fix what’s broken inside her.
When her past returns with a dying mother, a vengeful regime, and the lovers she left behind, Viv must fight to protect the family she fled and the sweet storm mage she’d sacrifice it all for.
Follow the book’s journeyFiction / Published
My first published novel. The beginning of my life as an author.
Find the book
03 / Pull up a chair
Honest conversations. Feral moments.
Creativity, identity, survival, and all the things we don’t always get to say out loud. I sit down with people to understand the human behind the work, the title, and the story.
Bring your curiosity. Get comfortable. There’s room for you in this den.
Latest episode / We Are The Bear
I’m talking about how a survivor anthology grew into We Are The Bear, and the movement taking shape around it.
Listen on SubstackA few conversations to start with
All episodesThe thread through it all
A little chaos.I’m an author, a podcast host, a mother, and the founder of We Are The Bear.
I write quirky, weird, queer, and dark things. Sometimes that means fractured magic and impossible choices. Sometimes it means sitting with the hard parts of being human, or taking a conversation far beyond where I thought it would go.
Across my books, my podcast, and my advocacy, I keep coming back to the same thing: people deserve to be seen, heard, and understood. That’s the work I want to put into the world.
Angelia N. Bailey
Good things start with a conversation
For interviews, speaking, collaborations, or book inquiries, get in touch.
JaneDoeWATB@outlook.com