The Zibby Mag Mother-Daughter Author Feature
Where would our writing careers be without the support and love (and, let’s face it, occasional frustration) from our mothers? It all makes for good fodder in the end. For Mother’s Day this year, we wanted to highlight some of the mother-daughter relationships in our literary community far and wide.
Below, you’ll find photos of your favorite authors with their mothers, as well as one (or two) of the books that they’ve both read and loved recently. We’ll be adding to this list over the next two weeks. Make sure to check back for more authors!
Alice Belgray and Laura Belgray
Upper West Side, NYC
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and Tough Titties by Laura Belgray
Dr. Eleane McCoy and Sarah McCoy
Fairfax Station, Virginia
The Source by James Michener
Kathy Hammer and Alison Hammer
St. Louis, Missouri
Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl by Renee Rosen
Christine Fenton and Liz Fenton
Vista, California
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Susanna Moore and Anne Moore
Honolulu, Hawaii
A Legacy by Sybille Bedford
Kay Doan and Amy Mason Doan
Danville, California
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Ruth Stage and Zoje Stage
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Books
Elaine Sutton and Corie Adjmi
New York City
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Courtney Sender and Phyllis Sender
Bergen County, New Jersey
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier
Bettie Mathews and Beth Ann Mathews
Evansville, Indiana
New Yorker Magazine
Ann Roussell and Byron Lane
Louisiana
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Rose Tubati and Neely Tubati Alexander
Arizona
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nona Fahl and Kelly Fradin
Charlotte, North Carolina
This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel and Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Jane Roper and Betsy Roper
Freeport, Maine
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Jingyu Zhang and Susie Luo
Shenyang, China
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Kelly McMasters and Barbara McMasters
Long Island, New York
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Kim Fay and Cheryl Fay
Tuscon, Arizona
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, and Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
Jillian Abby and Lynn Shaffer
Buffalo, NY
Us vs Us by Andrew Marin
Breanne Mc Ivor and Louana Mc Ivor
Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Joan Barbara Feldman and Sharon Rowe
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Blanche (Bunnie) Rosner and Jennifer Rosner
Stamford, Connecticut
Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner
Jin Ai Huang and Jane Wong
New Jersey
How to Not Be Afraid of Everything by Jane Wong
Sukla Mukherjee and Oindrila Mukherjee
Kolkata, India
Holde Pakhir Palok by Lila Majumdar
Emily Harding and Joan MacDowell
Frisco, Texas
Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History by Mark Girouard
Elizabeth Stoll Bellezza and Audrey Bellezza
Mountainside, New Jersey
The Last Chairlift by John Irving
Deepa Varadarajan and Prabha Varadarajan
Texas
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin and Asha Lakshmin
Bengaluru, India
What A Happy Family by Saumya Dave
Kirthana Ramisetti and Shuba Ramisetti
San Francisco, California
Ladies Coupé by Anita Nair
Jana Baart and Nicole Baart
Iowa
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Eirinie Carson and Edith (Granny Edie)
Scotland, U.K.
The Raiders by SR Crockett and A Mine of Faults by FW Bain
Jane Delury and Cecilia Delury
Sacramento, California
Agents of Subversion by John Delury
Alisha Fernandez Miranda and Mindy Fernandez
Miami, Florida
My What If Year by Alisha Fernandez Miranda and Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
Sung-Yuan Lin and Patty Lin
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
