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. 

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!