Brenda’s novel, A DOOR IN HIS HEAD, was the winner of the Grand View University 2023 Diverse Voices Book Prize Award, because it "gives a unique perspective on culture and history that truly encapsulates the idea of diversity in literature."

A DOOR IN HIS HEAD tells the story of Stephen See, a man struggling with trauma after the end of World War II as he navigates his new life in the United States.

A DOOR IN HIS HEAD is the first book in the Cockeyed Optimists series.