Mindy McGinnis

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning author and assistant teen librarian who lives in Ohio. She graduated from Otterbein University with a degree in English Literature and Religion, and sees nothing wrong with owning nine cats. Two dogs balance things out nicely.

Mindy runs a blog for aspiring writers at Writer, Writer Pants on Fire, which features interviews with agents, established authors, and debut authors. Learn how they landed their agents, what the submission process is really like, and how it feels when you see your cover for the first time. Mindy does query critiques every Saturday on the Saturday Slash for those who are brave enough to volunteer.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Given To The Sea (Penguin/Putnam, 2017)
,
The Female Of The Species (Harper Collins, 2016)
,
A Madness So Discreet (Harper Collins, 2015)
,
In A Handful Of Dust (Harper Collins, 2014)
,
Not a Drop to Drink (Harper Collins, 2013)
Prizes won: 

Edgar Award, 2016 YA Novel - A MADNESS SO DSICREET

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
OH
Ohio
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Last update: Oct 28, 2016