Mary Novik

Hi Everybody,

My website is http://www.marynovik.com and contains an excerpt from Muse, highlights from reviews, and many backstories for the novel.

I've also posted lots about my first novel Conceit, which is the story of Pegge, the daughter of the English poet John Donne, a contemporary of Shakespeare. I was inspired to write Conceit when I visited St. Paul's Cathedral in London and discovered that John Donne's effigy was the only one that survived the Great Fire of 1666. Conceit was named one of The Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade by Canada Reads. It was also longlisted for the Giller prize and won the Ethel Wilson Prize.