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Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this "unique and confident" debut crime novel (Gillian Flynn) .When Saint Sebastian's School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding community are thrust into chaos. Unsatisfied with the officials' response, sardonic and headstrong Sister Holiday becomes determined to unveil the mysterious attacker herself and return her home and sanctuary to its former peace. Her investigation leads down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets in the sticky, oppressive New Orleans heat, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way.Sister Holiday is more faithful than most, but she's no saint.
About the Author
Margot Douaihy (b. Scranton, PA) lives and works in Northampton, MA. She earned a BA in Writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. Douaihy is the author of the lyrical crime novel SCORCHED GRACE (Gillian Flynn Books, 2023) , which was named a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Best Book of 2023 by Marie Claire and BookPage Readers' Choice, and one of the most anticipated crime books of the year by Crime Reads and LGBTQ Reads. She is also the author of the poetry collections Bandit/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr, Scranton Lace, Girls Like You (Clemson University Press) and I Would Ruby If I Could (Factory Hollow Press) . A Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narrative Series and Multimodal/Multimedia Section Editor of Journal of Creative Writing Studies, Douaihy's work has been featured in Adirondack Review, American Microreviews & Interviews, APIARY, Atticus Review, Broadkill Review, Colorado Review, The Common by Amherst College, Diode, Exposition Review, Indianapolis Review, The Florida Review, North American Review, ONE ART Poetry Journal, PBS NewsHour, The Madison Review, Muswell Press, Mystery Tribune, Portland Review, and others. An award-winning educator, editor, and mentor, Douaihy has held teaching positions at Marywood University, Franklin Pierce University, and the Creative Alliance of New Orleans. In fall 2023, Margot will join Emerson College as an Assistant Professor in Popular Fiction Writing and Literature. Honors include a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship (2022) , The Florida Review Humboldt Poetry Prize, Runner-Up (2021) , Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award, Finalist (2021) , Ernest Hemingway Foundation Hemingway Shorts, Finalist (2021) , Lambda Literary Award Poetry, Finalist (2015) , and First Book Foundation of Greater New Orleans Grant, Winner (2009) .A founding member of the Creative Writing Studies Organization and an active member of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) , Douaihy is represented by United Agents, Laura Macdougall (literary) and Jennifer Thomas (screen) .
