Stray: Memoir of a Runaway is published by Little A, and available in hardcopy and paperback, and as an audible book. 

“Marquardt’s memoir is a brutally honest reflection of [their] fraught adolescence and journey of self realization...at once sensitive and selfish, desperate and brash. This is an edgy memoir.” —Publishers Weekly

“the highly expressive narrative is often brutal and raw, a combination of truth and peace, and it feels like a confession leading toward sanity and forgiveness.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Stray is a raw-boned beauty of a story, as fierce and brave as the author.” —Alexandra Styron, author of Reading My Father: A Memoir

"A sharply etched portrait of working-class teenage life in small-town Canada, Marquardt's Stray is an engrossing coming-of-age story that is moving, funny, and heartbreaking. Unafraid to travel to dark places, it shows a tenderness, innocence, and wonder that makes us nod in recognition at what it is to leave childhood behind and enter the adult world. The prose is sparse, direct, and elegant. I couldn't put it down, and I read it in one day." —Carmen Aguirre, author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter

“…a coming-of-age memoir tells a tender, heartbreaking story.” —HelloGiggles

“In a concise, refreshingly honest few hundred pages, the artist details a challenging life with precise details free from the usual tedious armchair psychological babble that passes for insight… easily read and well worth it, this book is one of those one-night reads. You won’t want to put it down until it’s finished because it flows so well.” —Vancouver Sun