The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

As such, she set out to write a fantasy novel that combined history with the good and bad in “The Good Luck Girls.” In an interview, she did assert that her objective was to reclaim the fantasy western that had erased so many people from their history. As an adult, her research showed her that the West of old was much more brown, female and queer than the movies and books would have us believe. The reason for this was that for the most part these had heroes such as Matt Dillon and John Wayne that she could not relate with a queer woman of color. While she was born and raised in what used to be the Old West, she was never interested in Westerns as a child. She currently lives with her cat in Brooklyn.Ĭharlotte grew up in Kansas City, in what was once the heart of the Old West and hence she was very interested in writing a fantasy novel set in her corner of the world.

In fact, she has asserted that the current novel is her seventh attempt though she was never confident in her previous works and never sought to get them published. While “The Good Luck Girls” is her first published novel, she has been writing novels since she was in middle school. Charlotte has always loved books with maps on the front and comic book movies ever since she was a child. Davis attended “The New School,” where she got her MFA under the Writing for Children program. Charlotte Nicole Davis is an American author best known for her debut novel “The Good Luck Girls.” Her debut is a young adult fantasy novel that has received critical acclaim for tackling controversial issues of race, culture, and gender.

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis