Margot Douaihy

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). She is a Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narratives Series.[4] Her writing has been featured in PBS NewsHour,[5] The Wisconsin Review, Colorado Review,[6] The South Carolina Review, Diode Editions, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Tahoma Literary Review,[7] The Madison Review, The Florida Review,[8] Portland Review, The Petigru Review,[9] Petrichor,[10] and The Adirondack Review.[11]

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

Books

Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books, 2023): "Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this “unique and confident” debut crime novel. When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding community are thrust into chaos. Unsatisfied with the officials' response, sardonic and headstrong Sister Holiday becomes determined to unveil the mysterious attacker herself and return her home and sanctuary to its former peace. Her investigation leads down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets in the sticky, oppressive New Orleans heat, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way. An exciting start to Margot Douaihy’s bold series for Gillian Flynn Books that breathes new life into the hard-boiled genre, Scorched Grace is a fast-paced and punchy whodunnit that will keep readers guessing until the very end."[12]

"Scorched Grace is a sneaky, dark thriller and a character study in a freight train of a murder mystery." —Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl[13][14]

Published in French with Harper Collins France and in the UK with Pushkin Vertigo.[15] The audiobook of Scorched Grace is narrated by author and actor Mara Wilson.[16]

Douaihy's Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr (2022)[17] and Scranton Lace (2018)[18] are documentary poetry projects centering themes of queerness, abandoned structures and institutions, feminist becoming, and class tensions.

Personal life

Margot Douaihy was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is of Lebanese[19] ancestry. A queer woman, Margot is a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility[20] as well as antiracist education.[21]

References
  1. "Scorched Grace". Zando Projects. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  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. "About the editors". Cambridge Core. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  5. "PBS News Hour". PBS. May 15, 2017.
  6. "Fireworks in the Graveyard | Center for Literary Publishing". coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  7. "From Issue 14". Tahoma Literary Review. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  8. "Announcing the 2020-2021 Humboldt Poetry Prize Winner & Finalists". The Florida Review. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  9. "The Petigru Review". The Petigru Review. November 7, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  10. "#18 – Margot Douaihy – petrichor". Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  11. "Bri Hermanson & Margot Douaihy". adirondackreview.homestead.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  12. "Scorched Grace". Zando Projects. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  13. "Scorched Grace". Zando Projects. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  14. "'Gone Girl' author Gillian Flynn is writing her first book since 2012, and she shared details". TODAY.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  15. "Scorched Grace by | Pushkin Press". pushkinpress.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  16. "Audible".
  17. "Bandit/Queen – Clemson University Press". Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  18. "In 'Scranton Lace,' nostalgia for a time and place that no longer exist". PBS NewsHour. May 15, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  19. "Douaihy", Wikipedia, August 3, 2020, retrieved October 1, 2021
  20. "Margot Douaihy". The Dillydoun Review. May 18, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  21. "WLP Pop Fiction Series: Queering the Whodunit". Emerson Today. Retrieved April 14, 2023.


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