Martha Conway

Martha Conway is the author of several novels including The Underground River, which was a New York Times Book Editor’s Choice (titled The Floating Theatre in the U.K. and Europe). Her novel Thieving Forest won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. Martha’s short fiction has appeared in the Iowa Review, Mississippi Review, The Quarterly, Carolina Quarterly, and other publications. She has reviewed fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Iowa Review, and is a recipient of a California Arts Council fellowship in Creative Writing. In addition to writing, Martha is an instructor of creative writing at Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. She received her BA from Vassar College in History and English, and her MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Born and raised in Ohio, she now lives in San Francisco with her family, where the fog reminds her of lake-effect cloud cover in Cleveland. You can follow her posts about writing and reading on Twitter at @marthamconway. *** 📚 3 WAYS TO SUPPORT LIT WITH LLOYD 📚 1) Become a patron on Patreon: http://lloyd.show/patreon 2) Like, subscribe, and comment on this video! 3) Subscribe, rate, & review on Apple Podcasts: http://lloyd.show/apple