Beth Morrey‘s work has been published in the Cambridge and Oxford May Anthologies and shortlisted for the Grazia Orange First Chapter competition.
She lives in London with her family and
Polly the dog.
Morrey's debut novel is
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael.
[
Coffee with a Canine: Beth Morrey & Polly;
The Page 69 Test: The Love Story of Missy Carmichael;
My Book, The Movie: The Love Story of Missy Carmichael;
Q&A with Beth Morrey]
Her new novel is
Delphine Jones Takes a Chance (UK title:
Em & Me).
At the
Guardian Morrey tagged ten favorite "lone mothers of literature, in all their crazy, complex glory," including:
Desiree Vignes in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The tale of light-skinned Black twins who take very different paths forces you to look one way, then the other, confounding expectations. Shy, introverted Stella boldly passes herself off as white. Desiree, the headstrong extrovert, returns to their dull home town with her daughter to escape an abusive relationship. But it’s Desiree who has the dignity that Stella craves and fails to find in her desperate sham of a marriage. Yin and yang, when Stella vanishes, Desiree stays – because that’s what single mothers have to do. They stick around.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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