Dawn Moore Roy

Dawn Roy

"Roy is a very talented writer, often wickedly so.”

—Kirkus ("Starred Review")

"Editors Pick"

—Publishing Weekly

BookLife Prize Review (9 out of 10 score)

“An impressive tale, wonderfully plotted and detailed, about a woman starting over.

The ending delivers a delightful twist, an upsetting of expectations worthy of a mordant O.Henry."

—Kirkus (*Starred Review)

"Roy's approach emphasizes observation with original, artfully expounded detail, perceptions and thoughts captured in remarkably clean and composed prose. Lovers of self-investigating Literary fiction will find much to contemplate."

—Publishers Weekly (Editor ‘s Pick)

"The story hinges on Vera, her perspectives, her thoughts--ugliness, pettiness, beauty, intelligence--her journey as a person who ultimately is like the rest of us; trying to figure out what life can be and how to make that vision a reality. Roy's prose is lyrical and beautiful--some passages are heartbreaking in their truth and honesty. Poetic without being oversaturated with excessive lyricism, the writing is introspective and explorative, while the subtlety and beauty of language transform this book into something more; a study in humanity and the ebbs and flows of human emotions and doubt, and the trappings of memory."

—BookLife Prize Review (9 out of 10 score)

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Dawn Roy has been a home engineer for most of her life, managing a ménage of various biped and quadruped creatures. Her writing began decades ago with daily (almost) entries into her very personal journals. Along the way she became afflicted by the psychiatric disorder of aspiring to be a writer and after staring at stacks and stacks of annual diaries, her illness developed, leading her to complete a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh, where a special professor cured her by saying, "Just write a damn book." So she did, and now feels ready to share it. Roy lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, with her husband and their German Shepherd, Otto.