Margot Livesey

Margot Livesey is the acclaimed author of the novels The House on Fortune Street, Banishing Verona, Eva Moves the Furniture, The Missing World, Criminals, and Homework. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Vogue, and The Atlantic, and she is the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. The House on Fortune Street won the 2009 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Ms. Livesey was born in Scotland and grew up on the edge of the Highlands. She lives in the Boston area and is a Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Emerson College.

Books Authored

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Author(s):
Margot Livesey
Genre(s):
Families, Literary Fiction

The Boy in the Field: A Novel

September 15, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

“The Boy in the Field is a literary mystery novel. . . . Just not the kind that focuses on what happens on a patch of land, a highway, or even a country.

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Author(s):
Margot Livesey
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

The Flight of Gemma Hardy

January 23, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Courtney Webb

“The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a testament to the writer’s talent for inspiration and reinvention—and while it may not live up to the evergreen timelessness of Jane Eyre, M

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