Margot Douaihy


Margot Douaihy, Ph.D, is a writer whose works include Scranton Lace, Girls Like You, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and the chapbook i would ruby if i could. She edits the literary journal Northern New England Review and various Future Plc publications. Her writing has been featured in PBS NewsHour, The Wisconsin Review, Colorado Review, The South Carolina Review, The Tahoma Review, The Madison Review, The Mark Literary Review, The Tishman Review, The Petigru Review, and The Adirondack Review.
Douaihy's first novel, The Stradivarius Listening Test, is a “quirky, modern take on the love story, set in New York City.”
Douaihy is a 2018 Neal Award winner for her mentorship in the publishing industry, and she received the 2018 Marianne Dekker Mattera Award.

Personal Life

Margot Douaihy was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is of Lebanese ancestry.