W. Violet is a psychology graduate, social skills trainer, and HR consultant whose work has always been rooted in understanding people - how they communicate, connect, and sometimes completely misunderstand each other.
Living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), she brings a perspective shaped by both personal experience and professional insight - where attention, presence, and consistency matter more than words.
She has spoken publicly about disability, independence, and inclusion.
Her first book, How Not to Date, combines real-life experiences with sharp observations of modern dating, emotional patterns, and the subtle signs people often overlook.
Her fiction continues that fascination with human behavior, exploring love, friendship, complicated choices, and the unexpected ways life can change direction.
Meet Violet
MY BOOKS
The Love of My Life and Other Mistakes
Viv is starting to suspect the answer might be more than most people need.
Over coffee with her best friend Cara, she revisits a collection of questionable romantic decisions, including a man obsessed with parking lots, a relationship built on excuses, a flooded basement that somehow became a red flag, and more than one person who turned out to be very different from who they claimed to be.
As the stories unfold, so do the patterns she missed at the time. The little moments that felt slightly off. The explanations she kept accepting. The reasons she stayed longer than she should have.
How Not to Date: Based on True Mistakes: A Field Guide to Red Flags
People become… versions of themselves.
From the Basement Philosopher running psychological experiments, to the Google Translate date, to the ones who disappear, deflect, or expect effort they never give - this book captures modern dating exactly as it is: confusing, repetitive, and strangely predictable.
Written with sharp observation, subtle humor, and just enough honesty to make you uncomfortable - this is not about finding the right person.
It’s about recognising the wrong ones faster.
Because sometimes, the problem isn’t that you didn’t try hard enough. It’s that you were trying to understand something that never made sense.
The Best Mistake I Never Planned
Emma Carter has spent five years building a life with the man she thought she'd spend forever with. She has a successful career and a future that seems to be falling neatly into place.
Until she catches her boyfriend cheating.
Suddenly single and forced to rethink everything she thought she had, Emma's friends convince her to go out for one night and forget about her problems.
That's where she meets Luke Moretti.
He's charming, successful, ridiculously attractive - and completely unexpected. One unforgettable night. No promises.
No expectations. Not even a phone number.
It should be easy to leave it there.
Except Luke can't stop thinking about Emma.
And Emma isn't quite as good at forgetting him as she'd like to be.
As their paths keep crossing, what started as a night neither of them planned slowly becomes something neither of them expected.