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Kate Manning is the author of Whitegirl, a novel (Dial Press, 2002). A former documentary television producer for public television, she has won two New York Emmy Awards, and also written for The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times Book Review, among others. She has taught creative writing at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan, where she lives with her boisterous family, including a dog named Moon, who walks her regularly.
Genres: Historical
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Rednecks (2024)
Taylor Brown
"A sweeping tale of ruthless violence, corruption and injustice, Taylor Brown's Rednecks is so action-packed you might think it was pure invention--if it weren't true bloody history brought to life. Rednecks celebrates the courage and persistence of hardworking Americans - evicted and gunned-down, starved and bombed--in a stratified world where the bosses don't give 'one ounce of goddamn.' Rich in historical detail and peopled with vivid characters, this novel of West Virginia's 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain is inspiring fiction for our times."
The Witching Tide (2023)
Margaret Meyer
"The Witching Tide casts a spell that carries readers back to 17th century days of actual witch hunts, when fearmongers spread rumour and false accusations to wield power over women. In bewitching language, Margaret Meyer paints a portrait of a brave midwife determined to outwit the zealots who threaten her, and defeat a contagion of hysteria and violence."
Killingly (2023)
Katharine Beutner
"Katharine Beutner has spun a lost scrap of history into a campus mystery novel set in the late 1800s, when an elite women's college is consumed by the search for a missing student. Gossip and clues to her whereabouts--or her death--fester with accusation and suspicion. In their longing to find the beloved young woman, her best friend Agnes and her older sister Florence must each grapple with their own dangerous secrets. A story of women who defy strict rules, Killingly is a gripping novel of intrigue and surprising twists."
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