Gail Godwin is a three-time National Book Award nominee and the bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels, including A Mother and Two Daughters, Violet Clay, Father Melancholy’s Daughter, Evensong, The Good Husband, and Evenings at Five. She is also the author of The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961—1963, the first of two volumes, edited by Rob Neufeld. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas
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Father Melancholy's Daughter
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Evensong
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The Odd Woman
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The Good Husband
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A Mother and Two Daughters
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A Southern Family
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Grief Cottage
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Old Lovegood Girls
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Flora : A Novel
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Listening for God, Vol. 2
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Getting to Know Death: A Meditation
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Unfinished Desires
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Evenings at Five
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Heart: A Personal Journey Through Its Myths and Meanings
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The Finishing School
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Violet Clay
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Glass People
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The Perfectionists
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Publishing: A Writer's Memoir
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Queen of the Underworld: A Novel
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The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963
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Mr. Bedford and the Muses
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Dream Children: Stories
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The Making of a Writer, Volume 2: Journals, 1963-1969
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27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry
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The Art of Becoming a Citizen
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Selected Shorts: Pets! (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)
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Real Life: Writers from Nine Countries Illuminate the Life of the Modern Woman
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