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Martha Conway

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Martha Conway (born 1964) is an American author known for historical fiction novels. Her book Thieving Forest won the North American Book Award for Historical Fictions in 2014,[1] The Underground River was awarded an Editors Choice Award by the New York Times Book Review,[2] and 12 Bliss Street was nominated for an Edgar Award.

Author Martha Conway speaking at Book Passage bookstore.

Biography

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Conway was born in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio,[3] as the sixth out of seven sisters. She wrote the trilogy The Underground River, Thieving Forest, and The Physician's Daughter.[4] Conway's short fictions has been published in The Quarterly, Massachusetts Review, Carolina Quarterly, Iowa Review, etc. In 2017, she appeared on CBS to discuss her novel, The Underground River.[5] She resides in San Francisco, where she teaches creative writing at Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program.[6]

Bibliography

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  • 12 Bliss Street (2003)
  • Thieving Forest (2014)
  • Sugarland (2016)
  • The Underground River (2017)
  • The Physician's Daughter (2022)

References

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  1. ^ "Award Winners | North American Book Awards". Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  2. ^ "10 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times. 2017-07-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  3. ^ "'Underground River' author to speak in Fremont". The News-Messenger. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  4. ^ McIntyre, Barbara. "Book Talk: The Physician's Daughter is fine historical drama". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  5. ^ Martha Conway, Author Of Underground River. CBS. 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2024-07-12 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Continuing Studies | Stanford University". continuingstudies.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-12.