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NEWS: 
​The Blue Maiden paperback published by Grove Atlantic on May 13, 2025 - ORDER HERE
  • The Blue Maiden wins the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medal for Literary Fiction
  • Watch Anna in conversation with Samantha Hunt or Paul Harding for the Lighthouse Works Visiting Writer Series
  • The Blue Maiden is a 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist 
  • The Blue Maiden longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
  • The Blue Maiden a Big Other Book Award for Fiction Finalist - Watch a video of Anna reading from The Blue Maiden's opening pages for Big Other
  • Read Anna's Fourth Trimester essay for Bon Appétit on postpartum, novel writing, family love, and tomatoes
  • The Blue Maiden named a New York Times Editors' Choice
  • The Blue Maiden named a best book cover of 2024 by Lit Hub
  • The Blue Maiden featured in The New York Times Historical Fiction column: Witch Hunts, Wartime and Mysterious Murders by Alida Becker
  • Listen to an interview between Mitzi Rapkin and Anna for the podcast First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
  • Read an interview between Anna and Mira Ptacin discussing The Blue Maiden in LitHub
  • Watch a clip of Anna discussing The Blue Maiden for the forthcoming season of About the Authors TV
  • Watch Anna's panel from StoryFest 2024 - Incorporating History: Past, Present, Future
  • Browse Anna's list of "The best gothic fiction imbued with atmosphere and dread" for Shepherd, as well as her "3 Favorite Reads of 2023"
  • Read an interview at Advice for Writers with Jon Winokur, on early influences and the writing process 
  • "Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake," a craft essay in LitHub
  • The Blue Maiden one of "4 New Debut Novels By Women That We Loved" by Publishers Weekly
  • The Blue Maiden one of "The 14 Best Book Covers of May" at LitHub​
  • ​The Blue Maiden an Odyssey Bookshop First Editions Club selection
  • ​Goodnight, Beautiful Women featured in Paperback Row by The New York Times
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women ​a finalist for The Story Prize
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named one of Bustle's 12 Books That Are Perfect For Your Daily Commute
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women ​named one of Electric Literature's 25 Best Short Story Collections of 2016
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named a Best Fiction Book of 2016 by The Huffington Post
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named one of 10 Unmissable Books of 2017 So Far by Grazia
  • Goodnight Beautiful Women featured in Hit List: Gazette reviewers on the top books of 2016
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women ​named one of FSG's Favorite Books of 2016
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women published in the UK by Atlantic Books, November, 2016
  • Anna Noyes included in "The Next Big Thing" by Town + Country Magazine
  • ​Goodnight, Beautiful Women included in "Your Ultimate Feminist Back-To-School Reading List" at The Huffington Post
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women ​selected for "Anna March's Reading Mixtape #24: Pussy Riot" at The Rumpus​
  • Read a profile of Anna in The Boston Globe
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women featured in "Five Emerging Women Authors Intimately Explore Place" by Kristen Radtke for Electric Literature
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women a fiction finalist for the New England Book Awards
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women a New York Times Editors' Choice
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women included in "Nine More Notable Debuts" by Poets & Writers Magazine
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named one of "Five Hot Books" by The National Book Review
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women one of "Four Books Set in New England to Read This Month" at Book Riot
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named one of "3 New Books You *Need* to Read With Your BFF" by Brit + Co
  • Listen to a playlist for Goodnight, Beautiful Women at Largehearted Boy: Book Notes
  • Read a profile of Anna in The Portland Press Herald
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women named one of "Five Book Making News This Week" at Lit Hub
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women included in "The Best Books to Read on Vacation This Summer" by Travel + Leisure
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women selected by Dan P. Sheehan for  "13 Books You Should Read This June" at Lit Hub
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women listed as one of "Ten Books to Read in June" by Jane Ciabattari at BBC.com
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women an Amazon Best Book of the Month in Literature and Fiction 
  • "The Tobacconist" included in "Celebrate Short Story Month With These 17 Stellar Short Stories By Contemporary Writers" at The Huffington Post
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women included in "22 Summer 2016 Books You Won't Want To Miss" at The Huffington Post
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women a June Indie Next Great Reads selection 
  • Goodnight Beautiful Women named a perfect book to bring on vacation by Book Riot
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women a Wall Street Journal pick for "The Summer's Most Exciting Fiction Reads"
  • Anna winner of the 2016 Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences 
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Summer Selection
  • "The Tobacconist" reviewed by Claire Burgess for The Rumpus
  • Anna named a "New Writer to Look Out For" at The Huffington Post
  • Goodnight, Beautiful Women winner of the 2013 Henfield Prize for Fiction

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