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Born in Nova Scotia, M.V.Feehan has lived, worked and studied throughout Canada, the United States and Ireland. Her writing, fed by place and the souls inhabiting them, speaks from the blue and pink collar world she hails from and navigates. She completed her MPhil in Creative Writing at Trinity College Dublin in May 2021. Her work has appeared in North American and European journals. She lives with her family on Cape Breton Island. In the Shadow of Crows is her first collection of short stories.
"""A poignant view of lives passing with crows from a children's rhyme poised at the margins of each story. Feehan has a deep and sensitive understanding of human nature and a relentless focus on each individual working his and her way through the maze."" --Phyllis Barber, Author of THE DESERT BETWEEN US and THE DESERT ABOVE ""Feehan successfully evokes nostalgia but more profoundly finds poignancy in each symbolic line, which is mirrored in the precision of her writing. The result is a mosaic that is at once dreamlike and realist. The struggles and moments of joy feel epic despite her remarkable concision."" --Chris Bergeron, author of BOY WITH A PROBLEM ""These people who live in or are connected to the town of St. Anne's experience hope and disappointment, small dreams and painful realities. Throughout the narrations a Greek chorus of crows foretell the fates that await the men and women whose lives are forever changing.... From a high school crush to the tragedy of a miscarriage to family ostracization, Feehan's characters endure the burden of being alive, but they also live lives shot through with the joy of friendship, unexpected bureaucratic kindness and acts of tenderness."" --Frank Macdonald, author of A FOREST FOR CALLUM and SMELTDOC"
