A list of places such as articles or podcasts where I’ve been interviewed or quoted extensively, or where my work has been reviewed, sorted by year.

2026:

• My debut novel, The Girls Will Be Okay, was reviewed in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in an article called “Three Books to Brighten Your Spring Reading.” The reviewer praised my book, saying, among other things, “One of the best things about this story is how smart these girls are. But they are smart in different ways and that comes out in an emotional fight that teaches the three friends a lot about themselves.”
• The Girls Will Be Okay was also reviewed in Twin Cities Geek, where I used to volunteer as an editor and occasional contributor. Stephanie Cranford, the reviewer, picked up exactly what I was putting down in the book. My favorite paragraph was this: “It can feel uncommon for characters to be both religious and liberal, but Peterson has written two leads who are. Solveig’s mother used to be the pastor of their (liberal) Lutheran church, and she was the one who led it to becoming queer-affirming almost two decades before the time the book is set. Solveig herself sings in the children’s choir and helps teach Sunday School, in addition to singing her heart out in church services. Sarah is observant as well, teaching Hebrew school and singing in her synagogue’s children’s choir. Later in the book, she invites Solveig to a seder. Their religious beliefs and their queer identities never come up as a point of conflict, nor should they have to. As someone who was raised ELCA (liberal) Lutheran, I found it refreshing to see religious characters who were like the people in my family.”

2024:

• I was quoted extensively in the Twin Cities Geek article “Murderbot Is Getting an Apple TV+ Series, and Some Fans Have Mixed Feelings,” in which I discussed the casting of Alexander Skarsgård, a white man who is neither openly queer nor openly neurodivergent, to play Murderbot, a character who has no gender, does not experience sexual or romantic attraction, has many neurodivergent traits, and comes from a world where virtually no one is white. While I was quoted several times, this quote sums up my stance: “I think the most problematic part of Skarsgård’s casting is his race, followed by his gender. While I wish someone openly neurodivergent had been cast for the role, I think that’s less important.”

2019:

• I was interviewed on episode 4 of the podcast A OK, a podcast dedicated to discussing asexual and aromantic experiences. My episode wound up being titled “The Sexual Side of Fanfiction,” but the conversation covered a variety of other topics as well.