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Lacey N. Dunham’s novel The Belles is coming from Simon & Schuster / Atria in September 2025.

She has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Catapult. A former independent bookseller and public school teacher, she was born and raised on a small family farm, where she told her stuffed animals stories and sometimes locked herself in the corncrib.

She now lives in Washington, DC with too many books and only two cats.

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Lacey Dunham liked The Starry Library's review of The Belles: "The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham is a stylish dark academia mystery about how far one is willing to go to fit in. In 1950s Virginia, Bellerton is an exclusive all girls academy nestled in an Appalachian forest where wealthy society girls are groomed to b" Read more of this review »
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Lacey Dunham liked Frankie Ness's review of The Belles: "Loved the story, HATED The Belles 🎀! There’s racism, violence on women by women, murder, only the animals were spared! Story: the prose is clear. Ms. Dunham painted a vivid picture for me. I was hooked beginning to end. I felt like I was in Bellerton" Read more of this review »
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Lacey Dunham liked melissalovesreading's review of The Belles: "Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada and NetGalley for an ARC of The Belles in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 4/5 This book was excellent!! If you enjoy themes related to dark academia, and unique humour, you'll find it pull you in. I highl" Read more of this review »
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Lacey Dunham made a comment on Ashley’s review of The Belles " Ashley! Thank you for this generous review, and for nailing so much of the what I hoped the book would communicate to readers. :) "
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Lacey Dunham made a comment on Dennis’s review of The Belles " Dennis, thanks so much for reading and for your thoughtful review! "
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Lacey Dunham made a comment on Candi Norwood’s review of The Belles " I love that you caught the state v. commonwealth detail! People do take this very seriously at times. Thanks again for reading, Candi! "
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Lacey Dunham made a comment on Brittney’s review of The Belles " You captured so much of what I hoped a reader would get from reading The Belles—thank you for this generous review, Brittney! "
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