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NOVELS


Ghost Mother, forthcoming August, 2024, to be published by Union Square & Co., the imprint of Barnes and Noble. 

Ghost Mother is a mesmerizing psychological ghost story that blurs the thin line between reality and delusion.

Lilly Bly desperately wants to have a baby. She is struggling with infertility and bad spending habits when her husband, Jack, gets a new job that moves them from Chicago to a small town in Wisconsin. Impractical Lilly falls in love with a decrepit mansion well out of their price range—she is convinced that she will finally get pregnant and have a baby in this house—and Jack reluctantly agrees to buy the wreck. But when Lilly learns that her dream house was the site of a gruesome triple homicide/suicide in the 1950s, she begins to experience strange occurrences that soon lead her to believe the house is haunted. Are her ghostly encounters real, or is this a cascading mental breakdown? As Lilly learns more about the deaths and her visions become increasingly vivid, her relationship with Jack deteriorates, leading to a dramatic and irreversible climax.

Perfect for fans of classic, gothic horror fiction, like Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, as well as contemporary suspense and horror fiction by everyone from Stephen King to Ruth Ware.



Self-Portrait with Ghosts.  (Published by Putnam Berkely, New York; Hodder & Stoughton, London)

"Dwyer is a master at depicting the ghosts haunting modern life--loss, alienation, guilt--
without being maudlin. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal

"Even jaded readers will be moved by this novel of quiet metamorphosis."
--Publishers Weekly

"Dwyer writes beautifully ... a bittersweet story that's both graceful and rewarding."
--Alan Cheuse, NPR

"Dwyer paints a brilliant family drama that should be must reading for everyone."
--Midwest Book Review


The Tracks of Angels. (Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York; Warner Books, New York; Thorndike Large Print Press, New York.)

"The Tracks of Angels walks right into the heart of sorrow and forgiveness, the mysterious territory that surrounds one's own past history."
--Alice Hoffman

"A radiant, seductive coming-of-age story that captures all the wonder and high anxiety
of young adulthood."
--Kirkus Reviews

"A fine novel ... beautifully written."
--The Washington Post Book World

"The prose is heavenly ... a remarkable debut."
--The Milwaukee Journal

"A moving inquiry into the nature of loss."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Dwyer's style is engaging. She has an eye for the quirky detail, creates real,
likeable characters... this is writing you can trust."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review


CHILDREN'S BOOKS


Sophie's Magic Windmill and The Dream Tree. 
(Published by Architecture Kids.) 


PLAYS 

include: 

                                  
Just Waiting, Rum Diaries Presents, Strong Women Leads Monologue Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, June, 2019. And:  Forward Theater of Madison's "Someone's Gotta Do It" Monologue Festival. http://www.forwardtheater.com/show/someonesgottadoit

 "Who's in Love with the Big Bad Wolf?" Kathie Rasmussen Theater Company, Mythical Creatures Ten-Minute Play Festival, Madison, Wisconsin, January, 2019. 

 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before, Nylon Fusion Theatre Company, New York, New York, Redacted Festival, February, 2017.

http://www.genefrankeltheatre.com/this-rounds-on-us-redacted-festival-2017---nylon-fusion-theatre-co.html 

Losing It, ten-minute play, produced by Theatre@First Fractured Fairy Tale Festival, Sommerville, MA, July 2015.  http://www.theatreatfirst.org/ 

.. and many more...

TRAVEL and other ESSAYS, include:


"Perimenopause is Turning Me Into My 15 Year-Old Daughter," FirstForWomen, 
http://www.firstforwomen.com/posts/perimenopause-emotional-150052 (Many other essays and articles for FirstforWomen; see website.)

"Black Flag's Henry Rollins Helped Me Become the Coolest Girl in School," originally published by TueNight; reprinted by The Huffington Post.  ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/tuenight/black-flags-henry-rollins_b_8085090.html

"Calling All Wizards: A Harry Potter Travel Guide to the U.K.," published on iExplore. 

"A Guide to Getting Boozy in Scotland," published on iExplore.
http://www.iexplore.com/experiences/Culinary-Travel/boozy-in-scotland

"The Ten Best Places for a Wee Dram in Scotland"
https://tripcreator.com/blog/author/kelly-dwyer/


FLASH FICTION

Kelly is currently working on a collection of flash fiction as well as her fourth novel.  The following piece was featured in the online 'zine "101 Fiction: 1 Word Title, 100 Word Story." 
http://www.101fiction.com/2014/09/dress.html 


Dress
by Kelly Dwyer
I walked into that ball feeling like a princess, with the gown that brought out the blue in my eyes and my glittering glass slippers. As soon as the prince fixed on me, I knew I had a chance to change my life for good. Three days later, when he visited each house, I stared into his eyes, sure that he would recognize me. But he didn't. I had to try on that damned shoe to prove that I was me. He had fallen for a silhouette in a pretty dress and sparkling shoes. He didn't even know my name.







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