Books by Marly Youmans

Marly Youmans, ""A writer of rare ability"" (Baton Rouge Advocate), is the award-winning author of a dozen books. Recent works include A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, called ""the finest and the truest period novel I've read in years"" by the late Lucius Shephard; and Thaliad, hailed as ""a work of genius,"" ""amazing, mesmerizing"" by novelist Lee Smith. A native of the Carolinas, Youmans now lives near the mouth of the Susquehanna with her husband and three children.