Although a British-trained nurse-midwife, Jenny M. Luke writes from the perspective of a historian. Her interest in the history of midwifery was piqued thirty years ago when she arrived in the U.S. and discovered a great difference in the perception of midwifery between Britons and Americans. Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth Century South is a result of many years of study throughout her bachelor and masters degrees in history, and her tenure as a research fellow in 2017. The 2019 winner of the American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia L. Dock Award for exemplary research and writing, Delivered by Midwives is also “compelling and approachable” (mugglenet.com) to a general audience. Her essay on African American midwife, Margaret Charles Smith, was published in the book, Alabama Women: Their Lives and Times.
She lives with her husband in North Texas. They have two grown children.
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The Indispensable Lottie Hot by Mark Connelly will be published by Running Wild Press. Due for a 2026 release. Mark placed in the 2024 Unpublished competition with his literary novel Newman's Choice.
Unpublished finalist (Nonfiction) Kate Evans was introduced by Pipeline to agent Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary in 2023, who soon after signed her. Ditch Your Sh*t!: How to Declutter the Crap Out of Your Life and Home is slated for publication in October 2025 through Turner Books.
This one is best-expressed through a timeline ... A totally easy process spanning a breezy … nine years. From Laura: "The Pipeline team has been amazingly helpful since The Mother was a finalist in the Script Pipeline TV competition years ago. It's a story that has stayed close to my heart so I ended up […]