Maggie Ginsberg

The most checked-out Milwaukee Public Library books in February 2026 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Still True' is number one on the top 5 most checked-out e-books list

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The most checked-out Milwaukee Public Library books in January 2026 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Still True' is number one on the top 5 most checked-out e-books list

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Fundraising Gala Set for October | Door County Pulse

Author Maggie Ginsberg to Keynote Write On Gala in October

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‘Keep at it and keep going’ | Janesville Gazette

Wisconsin author Maggie Ginsberg headlines Book Fest at the Hedberg Public Library

Related: Another Successful Book Fest is in the Books

Winner: 2023 WLA Literary Award for Fiction | Wisconsin Library Association

This award is for the highest literary achievement by an author with a Wisconsin connection, for a work of fiction written in the previous year.

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Book Recommendation: Still True by Maggie Ginsberg | Door County Pulse

“A quietly observant yet engrossing work of fiction, written in deft, gorgeous prose…” – Sally Collins, Door County Pulse Contributor

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Review: ‘Still True’ | The Spectator

Book Club: ‘Still True’: an intricately crafted tale that demands empathy, by Maggie O’Brien, Arts & Life Editor

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2023 Book of the Year | Finalist, Chicago Writer’s Association

Chicago Writer’s Association names finalists for 2023 Book of the Year

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Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award Honorable Mention | Wisconsin Writers Awards

‘Still True’ is the 2022 honorable mention selection for the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award.

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2023 Midwest Book Awards | Literary/Contemporary/Historical Fiction

Annual Midwest Book Awards Announces Finalists, Gold winners announced live June 17

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2023 WFWA STAR Award | Finalist, Outstanding Debut

Winners were announced at the 2023 Women’s Fiction Writers Association Awards Gala & Keynote in Chicago on
September 22, 2023. Congratulations to fellow finalist Grace Marcus (“Visible Signs”) and to winner Maggie Smith (“Truth and Other Lies”)

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Book Review | Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine

Author Susanna Daniel’s generous full-page review in the quarterly arts magazine.

Top 12 Bestselling Books of 2022 | Arcadia Books

‘Still True’ is No. 2 on a “baker’s dozen” of the year’s bestselling books for Arcadia Books in Spring Green

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2022: The Year in Wisconsin Books | Isthmus

Here’s a roundup of titles by Wisconsin writers (many with Wisconsin-based publishers) that caught our eye this year. By Michael Popke

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2022 Holiday Picks | Arcadia Books

Bookseller Todd’s 10 Holiday Picks of 2022

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Matt’s Holiday Interviews: Maggie Ginsberg | AM950 The Matt McNeil Show on AM950

Interview with Matt McNeil on AM950, the Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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A Year End in Books with A Room of Own’s Own co-owner Gretchen Treu | WORT FM’s A Public Affair

Books of the year, the store’s first full year in the new location, and what it is like to run an independent book store 

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Review: ‘Still True,’ by Maggie Ginsberg — Don’t Miss  | StarTribune

Minneapolis StarTribune Sunday newspaper book review by senior books editor Laurie Hertzel

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Recording: In Conversation with Frank Bures  | Magers & Quin Booksellers

This 60-minute conversation and reading is now available online.

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6o-minute interview with Barbara Demarco-Barrett  | Writers on Writing

YouTube Channel  // Podcast Broadcast

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Madison author’s debut novel addresses family secrets, alcoholism | Wisconsin Public Radio

“Still True,” the debut novel by Madison Magazine senior editor Maggie Ginsberg, explores alternative marital arrangements, family secrets and alcoholism in a fictional small town in Wisconsin.

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‘It’s Just the Air We Breathe’ | Wisconsin Public Radio

Madison author’s new book taps into alcoholism in Wisconsin by Jonah Beleckis

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Interview with Madison Poet Laureate Angela Trudell Vasquez | Madison BookBeat

For the hour-long Madison BookBeat podcast, Angela Trudell Vasquez interviewed Maggie Ginsberg about her debut novel.

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Maggie Ginsberg on the exciting, vulnerable, terrifying road to becoming an author | Madison Magazine

Q&A with Q&A with Maggie Ginsberg, author of the novel ‘Still True,’ out Sept. 27

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WATCH: Maggie Ginsberg discusses debut novel ‘Still True’ | News 3 Now

MADISON, Wis. — Maggie Ginsberg from Madison Magazine joins Live at Four to discuss her debut novel “Still True”

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When do life’s tools of escape become weapons? | Wisconsin State Journal

Gena Kittner’s Sunday Best interview with Maggie Ginsberg on her debut novel “Still True”

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New Wisconsin-Connected Books to Cozy Up With This Fall | Milwaukee Magazine

Four picks from managing editor Archer Parquette in the September issue of Milwaukee Magazine

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On word vitamins, substance abuse, and her complicated love letter to small-town Wisconsin | Readers Lane

Review of ‘Still True’ and interview by author Laura Anne Bird

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A Chat with Writer Maggie Ginsberg on Her Journey from Freelance Journalist to First-Time Novelist | Doug Moe

Doug Moe interviews Maggie Ginsberg as a spotlight for the September edition of the Mystery to Me bookstore monthly newsletter

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Wisconsin Book Festival officially launches 20th-anniversary celebration | Madison Magazine

The milestone year featuring 50 authors — including our own Maggie Ginsberg — will take place Oct. 13-16 at Central Library

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Isthmus Picks for the Week of Sept. 21 | Isthmus

‘It’s a gorgeous and at times heartbreaking story about the complex ways one fateful evening impacts an older husband and wife living in separate houses, a wise 10-year-old boy in need of a friend, and his highly dysfunctional parents.’ Review by Michael Popke

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Love, Life and Writing in The Driftless | Chippewa Valley Writers Guild

A Q&A with author Maggie Ginsberg on her debut novel, Still True, by Grace Schutte