Margaret Dilloway

Margaret Dilloway is the author of THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS and HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE.

THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS is the American Library Association's 2013 Literary Tastes Pick for Women's Fiction.

In writing HOUSEWIFE, Margaret was inspired by her Japanese mother's experiences, and especially by a book her father had given to her mother called The American Way of Housekeeping. The book was a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award.

She lives in San Diego with her husband and three young children.