We’re looking forward to introducing you to Bridget Morrissey. Check out our conversation below.
Good morning Bridget, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What is a normal day like for you right now?
On a normal day, my two cats Meadow and Forest will wake me up around 6:30am, and I will feed them breakfast and spend my morning hanging out with them. Then I like to head to a coffeeshop to write for a few hours. Leaving my apartment helps me create a clearer work/life boundary. Right now I am in the middle of drafting my next YA novel, editing my next solo adult novel, and outlining the next fantasy novel that I will be cowriting with two of my best friends. A year and a half ago, I went full time with my writing, and I feel so grateful to have enough contracted work to make that possible, but finding the everyday balance between my work and my personal life is a little harder now that I have so many projects happening at once. Not to mention the fact that I am essentially my own boss. So while I often write seven days a week to keep up with the demand, I am careful to build in time to go on walks, go to the gym, see my friends. Unless a deadline is really breathing down my neck, I don’t do any writing after 5pm most days.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hello! My name is Bridget Morrissey, and I am the author of eight novels, with five more on the way in the next two years! My most recent release, Everything She Does Is Magic, came out in September of 2025. It’s a cozy, witchy sapphic YA romance about a brooding witch and a bubbly mortal who team up to plan their charming town’s Halloween activities, each getting a lot more than they bargained for out of the process. I write primarily romance novels across many categories, from contemporary, to speculative, to young adult, to straight up fantasy (under the pen name E.B. Asher, cowritten with authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka).
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
The relationship I have with the sport of gymnastics has shaped me in ways I am still uncovering. I started gymnastics at age six, and I went on to compete in the sport until I was thirteen, then I coached the sport for fifteen years, running my own competitive gymnastics team for much of that time. I can trace almost every aspect of my determination, my work ethic, my self-discipline, and even my anxieties back to gymnastics. This last year and a half is the first time in my life I’ve been truly removed from the sport of gymnastics, but the imprint its left on me can never be erased.
If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
I would tell little Bridget that all her big emotions are okay to feel, and that accessing those feelings will become what she builds her entire career around, so she shouldn’t feel so ashamed of having them.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
I am committed to making a living off of telling stories for the rest of my life. Publishing is not a business that rewards my loyalty, my work ethic, or even my determination, but I have committed to staying persistent anyway. I will prove to myself it’s possible, over and over, for as long as I am here.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
I really believe I am doing what I was born to do. I have been writing stories for as long as I can remember, and even though I’ve taken some detours along the way, I always come back to fostering my imagination and living inside the worlds I create there. In a world that seems increasingly determined to dull our curiosity and squash our ability to be creative, I remain committed to pursuing my curiosity and creativity, hopefully reminding my readers that their own voices and perspectives can never be replicated by AI.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://bridgetjmorrissey.com
- Instagram: bridgetjmorrissey
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