M. E. Torrey

Award-Winning Author of

Literary Fiction

"Torrey gives voice to the silenced, and she does it with compassion, skill, and a clear sense of moral responsibility."

-- Kristi Elizabeth, Chicago Book Review

New Release

FOX CREEK (2025)

BOOK ONE OF THE FOX CREEK PLANTATION TRILOGY

Upon the death of her beloved planter father, a child is sold into slavery and must survive while caught between the world of the white elite and the brutality of slavery.

NAMED ONE OF THE "BEST INDIE BOOKS FOR AUGUST" BY KIRKUS REVIEW

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-Winner, 2025 American Book Fest (African American Fiction)

-Winner, 2025 San Francisco Book Festival (General Fiction)

-Winner, 2025 Best Book Awards (African American Fiction)

-Finalist, 2025 American Book Fest (Family Saga)

-Finalist 2025 Chanticleer International Book Awards (Laramie & Goethe)

-Silver Winner, 2025 Readers' Choice Book Awards, (General Fiction)

-2025 Book Nerdection Must-Read Selection

-2025 Shelf Unbound LongList

Reviews

“I turned the last page with a lump in my throat and a renewed sense of reverence for the power of historical fiction to awaken both the heart and mind.”

Samantha Olsen

Manhattan Book Review

"Gorgeously written and emotionally harrowing . . . "

Jessica Fahey

San Francisco Book Review

"A rich, engrossing tale about the antebellum South that delivers indelible characters."

Kirkus Reviews, starred

"Riveting."

Foreword Clarion Reviews

"Torrey reconstructs the antebellum South with both archival precision and literary elegance."

Faith Williams

Seattle Book Review