Awards

• Runner-up for Best Original Paperback Novel 2022 (United States)

Overview

Southern Fiction: Terry Robert's debut novel with the same main character, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction and received endorsements from critically-acclaimed authors including Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Robert Morgan, and others An Immigrant's Tale: This immensely topical story will appeal widely to those interested in the history of Ellis island and current socio-political issues concerning immigration. Award-winning novelist: In addition to his accolades for A Short Time to Stay Here, his second novel, That Bright Land, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, the James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South, and received a starred review from PW who called it a ""gripping whodunit.""

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[My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black] is pure entertainment-think Raymond Chandler or, perhaps, an Appalachian James Lee Burke. At the same time, the book confronts the reader with important questions about American immigration policies and race. Set at Ellis Island in the early 1920s, it is nonetheless sharply relevant in today's America. -Wayne Caldwell, Author of Cataloochee Terry Roberts has a knack for exploring the forgotten corners of American history-and then shining a light on the moral ambiguities he finds there. And he knows how to tell a story. This one has all the right ingredients: fascinating setting, winning characters, mystery, real suspense, and romance. I thoroughly enjoyed it. -Julia Franks, Author of Over the Plain Houses Terry Roberts' new novel is a literary thriller of the highest order: lyrical and suspenseful, with characters you will long remember. This is a heart-pounding, timely, and completely immersive read. It's also Roberts' finest hour. -Silas House, author of Southernmost In My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black Terry Roberts expands his fictional world as never before, from the mountains of North Carolina to Ellis Island, the heart and soul of America. Roberts tells a story of mystery, intrigue, murder, bigotry, and romance. With homage to the masters of crime fiction, Cain, Thompson, Chandler, and the Hammett of The Thin Man, this novel has thrilling action, and humor, as it addresses both the racism and humanity in our culture, in 1920, and the present. -Robert Morgan, Author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black is a suspenseful and original historical novel-an amalgam of twisted psychologies and cloak-and-dagger nostalgia with a teasing, passionate romance. -Foreword Reviews (starred review) [An] impressive historical thriller. -Publisher's Weekly

[My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black] is pure entertainment-think Raymond Chandler or, perhaps, an Appalachian James Lee Burke. At the same time, the book confronts the reader with important questions about American immigration policies and race. Set at Ellis Island in the early 1920s, it is nonetheless sharply relevant in today's America. -Wayne Caldwell, Author of Cataloochee Terry Roberts has a knack for exploring the forgotten corners of American history-and then shining a light on the moral ambiguities he finds there. And he knows how to tell a story. This one has all the right ingredients: fascinating setting, winning characters, mystery, real suspense, and romance. I thoroughly enjoyed it. -Julia Franks, Author of Over the Plain Houses Terry Roberts' new novel is a literary thriller of the highest order: lyrical and suspenseful, with characters you will long remember. This is a heart-pounding, timely, and completely immersive read. It's also Roberts' finest hour. -Silas House, author of Southernmost In My Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black Terry Roberts expands his fictional world as never before, from the mountains of North Carolina to Ellis Island, the heart and soul of America. Roberts tells a story of mystery, intrigue, murder, bigotry, and romance. With homage to the masters of crime fiction, Cain, Thompson, Chandler, and the Hammett of The Thin Man, this novel has thrilling action, and humor, as it addresses both the racism and humanity in our culture, in 1920, and the present. -Robert Morgan, Author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star

[My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black] is pure entertainment-think Raymond Chandler or, perhaps, an Appalachian James Lee Burke. At the same time, the book confronts the reader with important questions about American immigration policies and race. Set at Ellis Island in the early 1920s, it is nonetheless sharply relevant in today's America. -Wayne Caldwell, Author of Cataloochee

Author Information

Terry Roberts is the author of three celebrated novels: A Short Time to Stay Here (winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); That Bright Land (winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, the James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); and most recently, The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival (a finalist for the 2019 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction). Roberts is a lifelong teacher and educational reformer as well as an award-winning novelist. He is a native of the mountains of Western North Carolina—born and bred. His ancestors include six generations of mountain farmers, as well as the bootleggers and preachers who appear in his novels. He was raised close by his grandmother, Belva Anderson Roberts, who was born in 1888 and passed down to him the magic of the past along with the grit and humor of mountain storytelling. Currently, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife, Lynn.

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