The author, reading an excerpt from her story "In
the Valley of the Trinity" to the Historical Novel
Society, London 2006
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Biography
Sheila MacAvoy grew up in New York City and
attended local parochial schools before
matriculating at CUNY Queens College where she
earned her B.A. in Art. While at school, she became
interested in the work of Robert Lowell and began
writing and publishing poetry. Short fiction
followed soon after.
Marriage and three children temporarily
intervened, but, when her children were old enough,
Ms. MacAvoy gained admission to St. John's
University School of Law and was awarded her J.D.
in 1976. The same year, she came with her family to
California and, after admission to the State Bar,
worked as a lawyer in a large corporation in Los
Angeles. Evenings and weekends were reserved for
writing until 1995 when she retired from the
practice of law to write full time.
Her work has appeared in The Iowa Review, Writers'
Forum, Chiron Review, Red Rock Review, Northern
Review, RiverSedge, Eclectica, The Monarch Review, and Peregrine, among other
journals. She is included in several anthologies:
"The Next Parish Over," published by New Rivers
Press; "Scrap Magic," published by FISH in County
Cork, Ireland (Editor's Choice); "All The King's
Horses," published By FISH in conjunction with the
Historical Novel Society of Cambridge, England
(prize winner). She was nominated for a Pushcart
Prize in 2004 for her story, "Finisterre."
Sheila MacAvoy lives with her husband, Robert
Block, in the beautiful seaside town of Santa
Barbara in California.
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