Department of English Welcomes Maggie Mitchell, Author of “Pretty Is,” for Book Reading
Maggie Mitchell, authorSeptember 4, 2015 (Notre Dame, IN)—The Saint Mary's College English Department is proud to welcome author Maggie Mitchell to campus on Thursday, September 17. Mitchell will read excerpts from her debut novel, Pretty Is, at 7:30 p.m. in Welsh Parlor on the second floor of Haggar College Center. The event is free and open to the public. Click for a campus map.
Pretty Is is the fictional story of two young women face what happened the summer they were twelve, when a stranger abducted them. Mitchell has received critical acclaim for her work since it was published earlier this year.
“[A] stunning, multilayered debut…What a satisfying novel, with its shifting perspectives and competing stories and notion that our relationship to the truth changes with time and distance.”
~New York Times, July 17, 2015
“Mitchell's debut novel is both a skewering of America's JonBenet Ramsey—style fixation with little girls in peril and a fascinating glimpse at the intensity of female friendship… Psychologically rich, with haunting detail, Mitchell's work is a disturbing, insightful look at our deep fears.”
~Publishers Weekly, May 11, 2015
Mitchell’s short stories have appeared in a number of literary magazines, including New Ohio Review, American Literary Review, and Green Mountains Review. Her story “It Would Be Different If” is anthologized in The Bedford Introduction to Literature. She teaches English and creative writing at the University of West Georgia.
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