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Martha Conway

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Martha Conway is the author of four novels including The Underground River (Touchstone 2017), which was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. She's received several awards for historical fiction, including the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. Her short fiction has been published in the Iowa Review, the Carolina Quarterly, The Quarterly, Folio, Massachusetts Review, and other journals. She teaches creative writing at Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Martha is one of seven sisters. She currently lives in San Francisco with her family. ...more

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	Thieving Forest 3.93 avg rating — 1,689 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Underground River 3.80 avg rating — 1,139 ratings — published 2017 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugarland 3.78 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	12 Bliss Street 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lark’s Eye, Massachusetts

Vita was sitting on the front stairs in a shaft of sunlight reading On Diseases Peculiar to Women when they carried the Boston man into her house. It was Tuesday, so her mother and sister had gone into town to visit Aunt Norbert. Vita was waiting for her father to emerge from his office, once a front parlor, which was directly across from t

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“What if you do what you think is right, for yourself or someone else, but it doesn't make a difference."

- Susanna Quiner”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

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“Meera frowns. “Maybe the Little Warrior.” “Who is that?” A spirit, Meera explains, who appears in the form of a child dressed in war gear—eagle feathers and paint. “He comes to those alone in the forest to warn them of danger.” Susanna’s”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

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“alpha, beta, gamma, delta”
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