About Ronlyn Domingue

Hi, I’m Ronlyn Domingue. (My name is pronounced ron-lin doh-mang, equal emphasis on all syllables. She/her pronouns.)

As an author, I write about deep, sensitive people in strange, transformative circumstances.

My critically acclaimed debut novel, The Mercy of Thin Air, was published in ten languages. It was a fiction finalist for the 2005 Borders Original Voices Award and 2006 SIBA Book Award, a long list nominee for the 2005 James Tiptree, Jr. Award (now known as the Otherwise Award), and a 2010 Costco Pennie’s Pick. The Keeper of Tales Trilogy, which can be read in any order, includes The Mapmaker's War, The Chronicle of Secret Riven, and The Plague Diaries.

My essays and short stories have appeared in New England Review, Clackamas Literary Review, and Lion’s Roar (formerly Shambhala Sun) as well as on mindful.org, The Nervous Breakdown, and Salon.com.

As an intuitive developmental editor (I improve stories and how they’re written), I guide writers as they explore the inner workings of their stories and creative processes.

I hold a MFA degree in creative writing from Louisiana State University, taught composition and fiction writing at the college level, and served as a fiction editor and co-editor in chief of New Delta Review. Throughout my career, I’ve edited and mentored writers of fiction and nonfiction, from short stories to memoirs. I’ve worked as a grassroots organizer, project manager, and grant writer as well.

Born and raised in the Deep South, I live there still, although looking through my office window, one wouldn’t assume so.