Valerie Martin
Biography
Valerie Martin
Valerie Martin is the author of 10 novels, including TRESPASS, MARY REILLY, ITALIAN FEVER and PROPERTY, three collections of short fiction, and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi, titled SALVATION. She has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for Mary Reilly) and Britain’s Orange Prize (for Property). Martin’s last novel, THE CONFESSIONS OF EDWARD DAY, was a New York Times notable book for 2009.
A new novel, THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE, is due from Nan Talese/Random House in January 2014, and a middle-grade reader ANTON AND CECIL, CATS AT SEA co-written with Valerie’s niece Lisa Martin, will be out from Algonquin in October of 2013.
Valerie Martin has taught in writing programs at Mt. Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts, and Sarah Lawrence College, among others. She resides in Dutchess County, New York and is currently Professor of English at Mt. Holyoke College.
Valerie Martin
