Featuring:
Laura Brodie
The Widow's Season: A Novel
Laura Brodie's debut novel, The Widow's Season, was inspired by her UVA dissertation on widows in English literature. Her memoir, Love in a Time of Homeschooling, will be published by Harper in April. She teaches English at Washington and Lee.
Genre:Fiction
Sheila Curran
Everyone She Loved
Sheila Curran, a former UVA faculty wife, lives in Tallahasse. In her second novel, Everyone She Loved, four women band together to shelter their late benefactor's husband and daughters from intrusive relatives and the alluring certainties of one perfect stranger.
Genre:Fiction
Masha Hamilton
31 Hours
Masha Hamilton is the author of four acclaimed novels, most recently 31 Hours, an independent booksellers pick which Publisher's Weekly called "gorgeous and complex." She also founded Afghan Women's Writing Project and has reported from across the globe.
Genre:Fiction
Mary Sharratt
Daughters of the Witching Hill
Mary Sharratt, the American author of Daughters of the Witching Hill, lives in Lancashire, England. Her novel reveals the true story of Elizabeth Southerns, also known as Old Demdike, the most notorious of the Pendle Witches of 1612.
Genre:Fiction
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