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Margaret Hermes

Margaret Hermes
Margaret Hermes grew up in Chicago and lives in Saint Louis. Her short fiction collection, Relative Strangers, was the recipient of the Doris Bakwin Award. In addition to dozens of stories that have appeared in journals such as Fiction International, The Laurel Review, Confrontation, River Styx, and The Literary Review, and in anthologies such as 20 Over 40 and Under the Arch, her published and performed work includes a novel, The Phoenix Nest, and a stage adaptation of an Oscar Wilde fable. When not writing, she concentrates her energies on environmental issues.


On the Pact That Helped Me Finally Finish My Book… After Four Decades

How Margaret Hermes Made a Promise to Her Neighbor That Finally Came to Pass
March 19, 2021  By Margaret Hermes
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