D.L. Mayfield (they/them) lives and writes on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, with their partner and two children. After a decade of writing for Christian spaces, they now write primarily about issues of neurodivergence and healing from high-control religion.
D.L. and their partner Krispin Mayfield are currently working on a multimedia publishing project entitled STRONGWILLED, which is available on Substack. You can read along here.
D.L. is the author of three books, the most recent of which is a biography of radical catholic anarchist/journalist Dorothy Day titled Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and its Challenge for our Times.
In addition to their books, Mayfield has writes a popular substack called Healing is My Special Interest, a weekly newsletter at the intersection of late-diagnosed neurodivergence and healing from high control religions, which you can learn more about here.
D.L. co-hosts the podcast The Prophetic Imagination Station (on evangelical pop culture) with their partner, Krispin Mayfield.
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