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Margot Douaihy, Ph.D, is an American writer whose works include Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books, 2023),[1] Scranton Lace (Clemson University Press),[2] Girls Like You (Clemson University Press), a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Bandit / Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr,[3] and the chapbook i would ruby if i could (Factory Hollow Press).[4] She is a Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narratives Series[5] and the Editor of Northern New England Review.[6] Her writing has been featured in PBS NewsHour,[7] The Wisconsin Review, Colorado Review,[8] The South Carolina Review, Diode Editions, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Tahoma Literary Review,[9] The Madison Review, The Florida Review,[10] Portland Review, The Tishman Review, The Petigru Review,[11] Petrichor,[12] and The Adirondack Review.[13]

Books

Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books, 2023): Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this “unique and confident” debut crime novel. When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding community are thrust into chaos. Unsatisfied with the officials' response, sardonic and headstrong Sister Holiday becomes determined to unveil the mysterious attacker herself and return her home and sanctuary to its former peace. Her investigation leads down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets in the sticky, oppressive New Orleans heat, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way.

Sister Holiday is more faithful than most, but she's no saint. To piece together the clues of this high-stakes mystery, she must first reckon with the sins of her checkered past-and neither task will be easy. An exciting start to Margot Douaihy’s bold series for Gillian Flynn Books that breathes new life into the hard-boiled genre, Scorched Grace is a fast-paced and punchy whodunnit that will keep readers guessing until the very end. "Within five pages, I was in love with this novel." —Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl[14]

Scorched Grace was named one of Crime Reads "most anticipated crime books of fall 2022 and beyond."[15] Publishing in French with Harper Collins France.

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Margot Douaihy

Douaihy's Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr (2022) and Scranton Lace (2018) are documentary poetry projects centering queer, feminist, and class themes. The book discovery site Shepard.com added Scranton Lace to the list of "Best Books With Poetry Inspired By History."[16]

Honors

Douaihy received a 2021 Mass Cultural Council’s Artist Fellowship, a 2019 Sisters in Crime Academic Research Grant,[17] and the 2018 Jesse H Neal / Mattera Award for outstanding mentorship in the publishing industry. She was a finalist for the 2020-2021 Humboldt Poetry Prize (The Florida Review), 2020 Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Prize,[18] 2020 Palette Poetry Sappho Prize, the 2019 Red Hen Press Quill Prose Award in Fiction,[19] and a 2016 Lambda Literary Award.[20]

Personal life

Margot Douaihy was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is of Lebanese[21] ancestry. She received a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Lancaster. A gay woman, Margot is a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion, queer visibility,[22] and antiracist education.

References

  1. ^ "Scorched Grace". Zando Projects. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  2. ^ Scranton Lace, by Margot Douaihy with illustrations by Bri Hermanson. May 2, 2017. ISBN 978-1942954477.
  3. ^ "Bandit/Queen – Clemson University Press". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  4. ^ "i would ruby if i could - Margot Douaihy". Factory Hollow Press. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  5. ^ "About the editors". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. ^ "The Northern New England Review | Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. ^ "PBS News Hour". PBS.
  8. ^ "Fireworks in the Graveyard | Center for Literary Publishing". coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  9. ^ "From Issue 14". Tahoma Literary Review. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  10. ^ "Announcing the 2020-2021 Humboldt Poetry Prize Winner & Finalists". The Florida Review. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  11. ^ "The Petigru Review". The Petigru Review. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. ^ "#18 – Margot Douaihy – petrichor". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  13. ^ "Bri Hermanson & Margot Douaihy". adirondackreview.homestead.com. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  14. ^ "Scorched Grace". Zando Projects. March 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Fall 2022 (and Beyond!)". CrimeReads. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  16. ^ Bellinger, DeMisty D. "The best books with poetry inspired by history". Shepherd. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  17. ^ "Sisters in Crime Announces Winners of Their 2019 Academic Research Grants".
  18. ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Shortlist 2020". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  19. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/redhenpress/status/1273695758143930368. Retrieved 2020-08-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". www.out.com. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  21. ^ "Douaihy", Wikipedia, 2020-08-03, retrieved 2021-10-01
  22. ^ "Margot Douaihy". The Dillydoun Review. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-01-10.


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