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Virginia Pye’s next novel, MARRIAGE AND OTHER MONUMENTS, due out in February 2026, is set in Richmond, Virginia in the summer of 2020.

Her most recent novel, THE LITERARY UNDOING OF VICTORIA SWANN (2023 Regal House) is a love story to writers and readers set in Gilded Age Boston.

She is also the author of two post-colonial historical novels set in China, RIVER OF DUST and DREAMS OF THE RED PHOENIX (2013 and 2015, Unbridled Books).

Virginia's short story collection, SHELF LIFE OF HAPPINESS (2018, Press 53) was awarded the IPPY Gold Medal for Short Fiction.

Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Literary Hub, Publisher’s Weekly, Writer’s Digest, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.

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	The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann 3.80 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River of Dust 3.40 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Dreams of the Red Phoenix 3.67 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In the summer of 2020, as social justice protests and the removal of Confederate monuments rock the city of Richmond, Virginia, the marriages of two estranged sisters also implode. This eventually brings them closer, while their husbands conspire in a ra

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