Meagan Church is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Mad Wife, The Last Carolina Girl, and The Girls We Sent Away, a Southern indie bestseller and North Carolina Reads state-wide book club pick for 2025. She writes emotionally-charged, thought-provoking, empathy-inducing stories that explore the complexity of human nature. Her historical fiction chronicles the plight and fight of unheard voices of the past.

Her latest novel, The Mad Wife, is the Barnes & Noble October Fiction Pick.  Set in the 1950's, a young mother tries to be the perfect wife, but life has other plans. When the lines between truth and imagination start to blur, she must come to terms with the reality of her seemingly perfect suburban existences in this domestic drama.  In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won’t want to put it down.