Martha Conway

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

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

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

References

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.