RECENT & UPCOMING APPEARANCES
I’ve met with over 50 book clubs in the U.S. and internationally, both in person and via Zoom or FaceTime. To enquire about a book club event, please email me at mmconway@gmail.com.
Thursday, March 27, 2025. Panel: “Finding Today in the Past: Writing Relevant Historical Fiction,” AWP Conference. Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 402AB, 10:30am.
Thursday, January 23, 2025. Guest lecturer: “The Powerful Beginning.” Stanford Continuing Studies.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024. “The Hook: How to Write Powerful Story Openings,” Master Class instructor, The History Quill.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Toledo Public Library Local History Book Club, Guest Speaker.
Television
IN THE NEWS
• The Physician’s Daughter is Fine Historical Drama, USA Today, October 9, 2022.
• One Author’s Journey, Television interview on “Lit with Lloyd,” Los Gatos, California.
• Why the Story of The Underground River is Relevant Today
Television interview on “Bay Sunday,” CBS KPIX.
• Author Martha Conway on her book “The Underground River”
Television interview on “Bay Area Focus,” CBS SF Bay Area.
• “10 New Books We Recommend This Week,” New York Times, Sunday, July 20, 2017.
• “Bay Area author Martha Conway goes home (again) for Underground River,” San Jose Mercury News, Thursday, July 17.
• “New Novels Depict Valiant Women of Old America,” New York Times Book Review, Sunday, July 14, 2017.
• “The Underground Railroad Inspires a Wave of Books, Plays, TV, and More,” Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 19, 2017.