Margot Douaihy

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Margot Douaihy 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). The sequel to Scorched Grace, titled Blessed Water, is scheduled for publication by Gillian Flynn Books in March 2024.

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The Western phonetic pronunciation of the surname Douaihy الدويهي is Dew-why-hee.

Career

Douaihy received the 2023 F. Lammot Belin Foundation Arts Scholarship [4] and the 2019 Sisters in Crime Academic Research Grant. [5] She was a 2020 Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Prize, [6] 2020 Palette Poetry Sappho Prize, [7] a 2016 Lambda Literary Award. [8] Her writing has been featured in PBS NewsHour, [9] The Wisconsin Review, Colorado Review , [10] The South Carolina Review , Diode Editions, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Tahoma Literary Review, [11] The Madison Review,The Florida Review, [12] Portland Review, The Petigru Review, [13] Petrichor, [14] and The Adirondack Review. [15]

Douaihy's debut novel, Scorched Grace, was published by Gillian Flynn Books in 2023. It is a crime mystery novel that follows "Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test." [16] Gillian Flynn called the novel "a sneaky, dark thriller and a character study in a freight train of a murder mystery." [17] [18] Scorched Grace was published in French with HarperCollins France and in the UK with Pushkin Vertigo. [19] The audiobook was narrated by Mara Wilson. [20]

Scorched Grace received numerous accolades, including a starred review by Publishers Weekly : "Stunning fiction debut ... briskly plotted master class in character development." [21] Scorched Grace was twice recognized by the New York Times—the book was selected as a New York TimesBook Review Editors’ Choice, [22] and was later named as a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year for 2023. [23] The Guardian twice recognized Scorched Grace as one of the best crime and thriller novels of 2023. [24] [25] CrimeReads.com included Scorched Grace on their list of Best Noir Fiction of 2023, as well as their list of the Best Debut Novels of 2023. [26] [27] Hachette Book Group's Novel Suspects featured Scorched Grace on their list of Favorite Crime Fiction Books of 2023. [28] BookPage ranked Scorched Grace on both their list of the Best Debut Novels of 2023, as well as a readers' choice poll of the best books of 2023, which described Scorched Grace as a "remarkable debut." [29] [30] The book was also named an Indie Next pick and IndieBound Favorite of March 2023 by the American Booksellers Association, an Amazon Editors’ Choice, [31] and was included in Marie Claire's Best Books of 2023. [32] Scorched Grace was a finalist for the 2023 New England Book Awards. [33]

Douaihy's Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr (2022) [34] and Scranton Lace (2018) [35] are documentary poetry projects centering themes of queerness, abandoned structures and institutions, feminist becoming, and class tensions. Douaihy is a Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narratives series. [36]

Personal life

Margot Douaihy was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is of Lebanese ancestry. [37] [ unreliable source? ] Douaihy is a queer woman and a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility [38] and antiracist education. [39]

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References

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  2. ↑ Douaihy, Margot (May 2, 2017). Scranton Lace, by Margot Douaihy with illustrations by Bri Hermanson. ISBN   978-1942954477.
  3. ↑ "Bandit/Queen – Clemson University Press" . Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ Journal, Abington (August 1, 2023). "Douaihy awarded F. Lammot Belin Scholarship". Abington Journal. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sisters in Crime Announces Winners of Their 2019 Academic Research Grants".
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