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Eowyn Ivey


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Eowyn LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. Her mother named her after a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.Eowyn works at the independent bookstore Fireside Books where she plays matchmaker between readers and books. Prior to her career as a bookseller and novelist, Eowyn worked for nearly a decade as an award-winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper.The Snow Child is informed by Eowyn's life in Alaska. Her husband is a fishery biologist with the state of Alaska. While they both work outside of the home, they are also raising their daughters in the rural, largely subsistence lifestyle in which they were both raised.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
February 2025

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Black Woods, Blue Sky
 
Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Award nominations
2017 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : To the Bright Edge of the World
2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Snow Child
2012 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (third place) : The Snow Child


Eowyn Ivey recommends
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Annie and the Wolves (2021)
Andromeda Romano-Lax
"I have long been a fan of Andromeda Romano-Lax's work, and this is her best novel yet. Separated by more than a century, the lives of American icon Annie Oakley and modern historian Ruth McClintock are intertwined in ways you could never guess. Delving into the human psyche, the novel explores how we navigate time and memory, and how we struggle to heal from trauma both historically and on a deeply personal level. Are justice and revenge the answer? Or can we dare to hope to change the past? When this story grabs hold of you, and it will, there will be no setting it down until you've finished the last page. A morally complex, genre-shattering thriller."
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Betty (2020)
Tiffany McDaniel
"Magical, densely lyrical and often disturbing. Tiffany McDaniel follows in the tradition of The Color Purple with her unflinching portrayal of the generational ripples of racism, poverty, and abuse. Shot through with moonshine, Bible verses, and folklore, Betty is about the cruelty we inflict on one another, the beauty we still manage to find, and the stories we tell in order to survive."
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Last Ones Left Alive (2019)
Sarah Davis-Goff
"A riveting novel. It reminded me that even in the darkest times, love and human decency can survive."

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