Author of Secret Keepers and The Garden Angel

Secret Keepers
St. Martin’s Press 2009, Picador 2010

Winner of the 2009 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction

“With a piquant blend of magical realism and down-home pragmatism, Friddle’s beguiling second novel is a poignant and reassuring tale of regret and redemption.”–Booklist

“With fluid prose and telling details, Friddle deftly captures the downward pull of the past and the Southern penchant for mythmaking; transcending the easy stereotypes of Southern dysfunctional family sagas, Friddle’s clan is a genuinely quirky lot with its own unlikely ideas of happiness.”–Publishers Weekly

The Garden Angel
St. Martin’s Press 2004, Picador 2005

“Mindy Friddle has a great comic touch, and her novel is a touching, heartfelt debut.”— Richard Russo, author of EMPIRE FALLS

“The glory of a past that may never be reclaimed is the theme of this unique and satisfying novel …At times wonderfully comic and sad enough to provoke tears, The Garden Angel is an addictive read, and an enthralling story filled with both loss and hope.” — The Barnes & Noble Review from Discover Great New Writers (Fall 2004 Selection)

“A comic delight…Winning characters and piquant wit, with an underpinning of graciousness: a standout.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Friddle has a way with the comic yet apt image…funny, down-to-earth and steeped in a sense of place.” —The Washington Post