10 Facts About Martha McPhee

Martha McPhee was born on 1965 and is an American novelist whose work focuses on social and financial mobility in the United States.

Martha McPhee's second novel, Gorgeous Lies, was a 2002 National Book Award finalist.

Martha McPhee has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship.

Martha McPhee's work has been translated into languages including Dutch, German, Arabic, Italian.

Martha McPhee received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to complete her first novel, Bright Angel Time, which was published in 1997.

Martha McPhee's second novel, Gorgeous Lies, a follow-up to Bright Angel Time, was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award.

Martha McPhee's work has appeared in several literary journals, including The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Tin House, and The American Scholar.

Martha McPhee has three sisters born to her parents: fellow novelist Jenny, photographer Laura, and architectural historian Sarah.

Martha McPhee graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1987.

Martha McPhee married Mark Svenvold, a poet, and they had two children together, Livia and Jasper Svenvold McPhee.