Maggie Thrash

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Maggie Thrash
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Thrash at a 2015 BookExpo America panel
BornMargaret Thrash
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Hampshire College
Period2015–present
Genre Young adult
Notable works Honor Girl
Relatives Thomas W. Thrash Jr. (father)
Website
www.maggiethrash.com

Margaret Thrash is an American writer of young adult fiction and memoirist, best known for her graphic novel memoir Honor Girl .

Honor Girl, Thrash's first book, was published by Candlewick Press in 2015. [1] The book describes her early life as a teenager coming out as a lesbian while attending conservative summer camp. [2] [3] [4] It received strongly favorable reviews [5] and was named a finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category. [6] Her follow-up memoir, Lost Soul Be At Peace, published in 2018, explores a period of teen depression and her relationships with her family, notably her father, a federal judge. [7]

Thrash has also written two books in a mystery series for young adults. The first book called Strange Truth (formerly We Know It Was You) [8] was published in 2016 by the Simon Pulse imprint of Simon & Schuster. [9] [10] The sequel, Strange Lies, was published in October 2017. [11]

Harper Perennial will publish Thrash's adult debut Rainbow Black, described as "part murder mystery, part gay international fugitive love story, part meditation on queerness and identity" in spring 2024. [12]

Thrash currently lives in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. [13] She was a frequent contributor to Rookie , a (now defunct) online magazine for teenage girls. [14]

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  2. ↑ Thrash, Maggie (September 5, 2017). "I WENT TO THE NAZI BEER-PONG HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I WRITE SATIRE". bookriot.com.
  3. ↑ Bell, Amanda (September 7, 2015). "Maggie Thrash Explains How 'Honor Girl' Is Her Coming Out Story". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  4. ↑ Valdivia Rude, Mey (2017-05-02). "Drawn to Comics: 15-Year-Old Maggie Thrash Interviews Herself in This Brand New Exclusive "Honor Girl" Excerpt". Autostraddle. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ↑ Brosgol, Vera (2015-08-21). "Maggie Thrash's 'Honor Girl'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. ↑ "2016 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists announced". The Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "LOST SOUL, BE AT PEACE by Maggie Thrash". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Honor Girl author Maggie Thrash previews their creepy new YA novel". Entertainment Weekly. March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Children's Book Review: We Know It Was You by Maggie Thrash. Simon Pulse, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4814-6200-6". Publishers Weekly. August 1, 2016. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  10. ↑ Westmoore, Jean (2016-10-21). "Book brief: 'We Know It Was You' by Maggie Thrash". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  11. ↑ "STRANGE LIES From the "Strange Truth" series, volume 2 by Maggie Thrash". Kirkus Reviews. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  12. ↑ "June 2022 Deal Announcements". LGBTQ Reads. June 30, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Maggie Thrash, Official Publisher Page, Simon & Schuster". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  14. ↑ Dar, Mahnaz (August 27, 2015). ""Honor Girl" Graphic Novelist Maggie Thrash on Identity and Girls' Spaces". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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