Draft:Martha Conway

Martha Conway (born 1964) is an American author known for her Ohio-based historical fiction novels, including 2014 North American Book Award for Historical Fiction winner, Thieving Forest. and New York Times Book Review Editor’s choice, The Underground River. Her first novel, 12 Bliss Street, was nominated for an Edgar Award.

Biography
Conway was born in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the sixth of seven sisters. Her novels Underground River, Thieving Forest, and The Physician’s Daughter comprise a trilogy of historical dramas set in the Ohio area during significant moments in US History. Conway’s short fiction has been published in The Quarterly, Epoch, Massachusetts Review, Carolina Quarterly, the Iowa Review, Folio, and others. In 2017, she appeared on CBS to discuss her novel Underground River. She currently resides in San Francisco, where she teaches creative writing at Stanford University Continuing Studies Program in Creative Writing