Valerie G. Nieman
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Valerie G. Nieman

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"In the Lonely Backwater" has been honored with the 2022 Sir Walter Raleigh Award, given to the best book of fiction by a North Carolina writer. My fifth novel, it draws on all the people I've been -- a reporter, a farmer, a sailor, a teacher, and always, a walker and observer. It's an official International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club pick for July. It also won the Mystery/Suspense category prize from American Writing Awards and is a finalist at Forewords INDIES for YA fiction. "In tight, yet poetic prose, wasting not a word or a sentence, Nieman skillfully takes readers into the life of a young woman tumultuously standing on womanhood’s edge and creates a Southern mystery sure to intrigue." The Portland Review "Maggie Warshauer... may go down in literary history as one of the most memorable unreliable narrators since Rachel Watson in Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train." Chapter 16, Tennessee Humanities "This novel is an intricate and intriguing work of art. Its intricacies are not mere twists of plot line; they are necessary and inevitable. The define, redefine, in a serious manner the term, mystery." Fred Chappell in StorySouth "Beautifully written and perfectly paced, In the Lonely Backwater is a great choice for book clubs.” Southern Literary Review I'm on the road in the South and mid-Atlantic and online with readings, discussions, podcasts and more. Check my website and social media for news and information. Also happy to join book clubs on Zoom! "To the Bones," a genre-bending folk horror/mystery set in coal country, was shortlisted for both the Manly Wade Wellman Award and the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award. An audiobook version is now available on a wide range of platforms. Another recent title, "Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse," is set in a mid-century carnival and features poems that appeared in The Missouri Review, Chautauqua, and other journals. More than 15 years of writing -- and a week of study at Coney Island Museum -- went into telling the story of Dinah and The Professor. My first novel, "Neena Gathering," a post-apocalyptic tale set in West Virginia, was reissued as a classic in the genre, and is also available on Audible. I have held grants from the NEA, and the North Carolina and West Virginia arts councils. I earned degrees from West Virginia University and Queens University of Charlotte. www.valnieman.com and @valnieman on Twitter and Instagram.
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