Description: Fiction. California Interest. Very few know the role women played in the early years of car racing. THE ARTICHOKE QUEEN tells the story of a beautiful driver and her dizzying career and relationships. It combines 1950's Americana and the thrill of racing with a groundbreaking woman's struggle for identity, love, and ultimately, redemption.
Brief description: Owen Duffy's fiction has appeared in various journals such as Passages North, New South, Storyglossia, New Delta Review, PANK, and Hawai'i Review. He holds an MFA in writing from Rutgers-Newark and currently teaches and mentors young writers. He lives with his family in Charleston, South Carolina.