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Teri Busse
Teri L. Busse is an award-winning author, speaker, screenwriter, and psychology student who also writes under the pen name T.L. Everheart. A former paramedic and corrections officer, she writes about grief, trauma, recovery, resilience, true crime, and the complexities of the human experience.
Her work ranges from nonfiction guides and memoirs to children's books and fiction, all rooted in the belief that even life's hardest chapters can become part of a larger story of resilience. Through her writing, Teri hopes readers feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.
She lives in Colorado with her family and continues to write, learn, and build a life centered on purpose, hope, and honest conversation.
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Teri L. Busse is an award-winning author, speaker, screenwriter, and psychology student who also writes under the pen name T.L. Everheart. A former paramedic and corrections officer, she writes about grief, trauma, recovery, resilience, true crime, and the complexities of the human experience.
Her work ranges from nonfiction guides and memoirs to children's books and fiction, all rooted in the belief that even life's hardest chapters can...
Nominated For International Impact Author of the Year 2026 with this book.
Her son was reduced to ashes and evidence. But to her, he was never just a case file. When she knows something is wrong, there is no handbook for what comes next. There are phone calls. Silence. Waiting. And the slow realization that the people we trust, friends,...
Winner of the International Impact Book Awards in Psychology for Grief and Bereavement
If getting out of bed feels like the hardest part of your day, this book was written for you.
When Getting Out of Bed Is the Hardest Part is not a guide filled with quick fixes, forced positivity, or promises of healing on a timeline. It is a quiet,...
If you’ve been told you have diabetes, you’ve probably also been given a lot of information… and not a lot of clarity.Diabetes Without the Hype was written to change that.After more than 25 years working directly with patients in high-stress, real-life medical situations, T.L. Everheart saw the same problem again and again: people leave...
