Joan Dempsey

ONE OF 5 MORE WRITERS OVER 50 TO WATCH

~ Poets & Writers Magazine

Winner of the 2017 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, Joan Dempsey is the author of the novel, THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS, which won the bronze Independent Publisher Book Award for literary fiction and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award and Sarton Women's Book Award.

THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS was also selected by the American Library Association for the 2018 Over the Rainbow List of Literature Titles.

Dempsey was the recipient of a significant research grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation and a writer-in-residence at the Jentel Artists Residency Program. She holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles.

Dempsey lives in Maine with her partner and their family of animals. Learn more at joandempsey.com.