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Marguerite Sheffer is a writer who lives in New Orleans.

Her debut short story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees, was selected by judge Jamil Jan Kochai for the Iowa Short Fiction Award, and will be published in Fall 2024.

Maggie is a founding member of Third Lantern Lit, a local writing collective, and the Nautilus and Wildcat Writing Groups. She received her MFA from Randolph College.

Her fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Epiphany, The Cincinnati Review, and BOMB, among other publications. Her story “Tiger on My Roof” was a finalist for the 2024 Chautauqua Janus Prize, which awards emerging writers’ short fiction with “daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder readers’ imaginations.”

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As a short story lover, this book scratched my brain in the best way. These stories are inventive and surprising and lyrically beautiful! They will live on in my thoughts for a very long time.
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I loved this heartfelt, complex, genre-bending novel. There is romance, mentorship, politics, corruption, intrigue, and a hefty does of magic. So glad I got to read this one and happy to recommend it to everyone!
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Meticulously structured, with a voice I won't forget. Clare Beams takes a gothic novel and makes it tell an entirely new story. I loved it! I also recommend everything she has ever written. She's a master. ...more
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This was one of my favorite reads of the year. Each story stands alone, full of surprising twists and turns. The connections that build over time between the stories enrich the collection. By the time I finished, I was in awe! I think the author does ...more
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