Hoiland Ames is a Pacific NW based writer who writes fiction and creative nonfiction. Adopted from Mother Teresa’s orphanage in India and raised in the US, Ames writes with a fascination for myth, justice, and the unseen forces that shape ordinary lives.

Ames is a recent finalist in Writer Advice 2025 Flash Contest (to be published later this year) and is currently at work on a debut novel.