Margaret Hermes

Her published/performed work includes a mystery novel, The Phoenix Nest (Contemporary Books, Inc., and in German as Das Phönix-Nest, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag) and book and lyrics for a stage adaptation of an Oscar Wilde fable, The Birthday of the Infanta (Metro Theatre Company). Dozens of her short stories have been published in journals (Fiction International, The Literary Review, River Styx, Laurel Review) and anthologies (University Press of Mississippi, Antares Press). When not writing, she concentrates her energies on environmental issues.