About the Author

Mary Troy is the author of the story collectionsCookie, The Alibi Café, and Joe Baker IsDead, as well as the novel Beauties. Her storieshave appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Boulevard,Greensboro Review, and numerous other publications.

Reviews

"'They didn't have to consider their futures too carefully for they had more past than future by then, and the truth of that made them freer.'Swimming on Hwy N is a moving and memorable novel, its characters equal parts wise and worn. Troy's eye and ear for humor, coupled with her affection for her proudly flawed characters, make this novel a pleasure to read."
--Susan Perabo, author of Why They Run the Way They Do and The Fall of Lisa Bellow