Carolyn McGrath is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. 

Her book Queenbird was one of five books short-listed for the Faulkner Wisdom Prize in creative nonfiction in New Orleans in 2017. 

A version of her book Two Faces of the Moon was selected as one of the five finalists for Minerva Rising’s 2021 Memoir Contest.

Two Faces of the Moon – A Small Island Memoir was released in July 2023 by Brandylane Publishers. 

In 2024, a collection of short fiction, Do Not Go Gently, was a finalist in the Iowa Short Fiction Awards. Stories in What's It All About have been previously published in various venues. 

McGrath has a degree in Classics from the University of Iowa, an M.A. in Creative Writing, and was on the faculty for twenty-five years in the Dept. of English at Stony Brook University where she directed Stony Brook’s $1000 Short Fiction Prize for undergraduates in the U.S. and Canada. She now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she has taught and formed a book club in a high security prison for women.

      Next up for publication:  A collection of short fiction: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? -- Cautionary Tales

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Thanks to all those who bought a copy of Two Faces of the Moon at the Williamsburg Book Festival!

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"Some people will not like it if you take a sniff at everything to see what it is.  And for heaven’s sakes, no lying on your back with your feet up in the air.  Bad girl.  Bad wolf.  Bad dog.  Right?  Wrong.  Go ahead.  Enjoy yourself.” 

Clarissa Pinkola Estés – Women Who Run With the Wolves