Tiffany McDaniel
1985
Tiffany McDaniel is a reputed American writer of literary fiction, magical realism, and contemporary stories. She is particularly famous for writing the standalone book called The Summer that Melted Everything. The success of this novel helped McDaniel win the Ohioana Library Reader’s Choice Award as well as The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize in 2016. Author McDaniel is a native of Ohio. She says that her writing is inspired by the buckeye woods and the rolling hills of her hometown. In addition to being a novelist, McDaniel is also a renowned artist and poet. She gained prominence in the world of writing after her debut novel won a few prestigious literary awards and was nominated for several others, including the Lillian Smith Award, the Goodreads Choice Award, and the Star Award by the Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association. McDaniel wishes to travel across the Atlantic on her Moby Dick and enjoy the cool breeze.