Marcy Dermansky is the author of the novels Bad Marie and Twins.
Hailed by The Nervous Breakdown’s Gina Frangello as “genuinely sexy, dark and subversive but also freaking weirdly hilarious,” Bad Marie has been selected a
s a Barnes and Noble Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers pick. Time Magazine pronounced Bad Marie “irresistible.”
Marcy’s first novel Twins (2005) was a New York Times Editors Choice Pick: “A brainy, emotionally sophisticated bildungsroman-for-two.” Years later, readers continue to write Marcy about the ending, wanting to know if Chloe made the basket.
Marcy’s short fiction has been published widely, including McSweeney’s, Indiana Review, Mississippi Review and Fifty-Two Stories. A former MacDowell fellow, Marcy is the winner of the Smallmouth Press Andre Dubus Novella Award and Story Magazine’s Carson McCullers short story prize.
Marcy is also experienced editor and writing coach and offers private writing tutorials.
She serves as a board member of the online literary community Fictionaut and is a film critic for About.com. She lives in Astoria, NY with her husband, writer Jürgen Fauth, and their daughter Nina.