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Introduction
Maureen Brady is the author of the novels Ginger's Fire , Folly, and Give Me Your Good Ear, the short stories, The Question She Put to Herself, and three books of nonfiction. Her short story "Billy's Mark" was published in Spring, 2008 in the Bellevue Literary Review. Her short story "Five 'n Dime" appeared in the anthology, Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta, August, 2008. Other work has appeared in Cabbage and Bones: Irish American Women's Fiction, Mom, In the Family and Intersections: An Anthology of Banff Writers, as well as many other anthologies and literary journals. She teaches creative writing at New York University, The New York Writers Workshop at The Jewish Community Center of Manhattan, The Peripatetic Writing Workshops in Guatemala and Il Chiostro in Italy. She currently serves as Board President of The Money for Women:Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and was a co-founder of Spinsters Ink and The New York Writers Workshop. She lives in New York City and the Catskills and is currently at work on a novel, a memoir about friendship and a collection of linked short stories.
Freelance EditorIn addition to teaching a fiction/nonfiction tutorial course at NYU, Maureen offers inspiring individual editing and mentoring services to writers in various stages of development. Working with both fiction and nonfiction, she takes writers to the next step, with sensitive but rigorous critique, and publishing advice when the manuscript is ready.
"Maureen Brady provides an environment that is equal parts nurturing and challenging. Her attention to detail, five-star copy editing, and genuine enthusiasm for the written word have me coming back to her workshops year after year. Without her involvement, I doubt I would be awaiting publication in 2012!" Janet Goss, Off The Grid, New American Library, 2012 Writers she has worked with who have gone on to successful publication include: Janet Goss, Off the Grid, New American Library, 2012 Susan Breen, The Writing Class, Plume, Spring, 2008. Aaron Hamburger, Faith For Beginners, Random House, Fall, 2005, winner of The Prix Rome, 2005, for his short story collection, The View From Stalin's Head Marion Cuba, Shanghai Legacy, Celadon Books, Spring 2006 Michael Gray, winner of 2004 Alligator Juniper Fiction Prize for short story Louise Farmer Smith, winner of 2006 Glimmertrain Award for Emerging Writers for short story written at Tuscany workshop Danielle Ofri, Singular Identities:Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue, Beacon Press Caroline Hwang, In Full Bloom Laura Kaplan, The Story of Jane Paula Martinac, Out Of Time "Maureen knows exactly what to say to tweak a weak narrative. Her comments honed in on the problem I was having with structure and improved not only my fiction but my confidence as well!" Laurie Silver For further information, contact Maureen at her email: meb4444@gmail.com |
"Billy's Mark," Bellevue Literary Review, Spring, 2008 To read an excerpt, go to My Works pageshort story
"Billy's Mark"
Published in Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2008 Fiction
Ginger's Fire
An absorbing tale of rebirth, redemption, and finally finding the way back home Folly
A book about work and passion and the way the women come together to break out of their oppressive circumstances and achieve victory. Give Me Your Good Ear
This is Francie's story. Francie weaves a new life for herself by untying the knots that have kept her in bondage: a childhood terrorized by an alcoholic father and a secret of violence shared with her mother. Nonfiction
Midlife
A daily companion for women as they navigate the midlife passage Daybreak
A collection of affirmations and thoughtful meditations which bring the experience of sexual abuse into the light where hope resides, making change and healing possible. |
