Herta Feely

Herta Feely is the author of Saving Phoebe Murrow, and numerous short stories and memoir, published in literary journals and anthologies. Recently, she completed her next novel, Strange Shape of Love, represented by Williamson Literary and acquired by Castle Bridge Media, due out September (2025). Both suspense-filled novels deal with the complex issues of social media and the dark web and their impact on modern culture. 

Saving Phoebe Murrow, about a young girl who gets cyber bullied and the misguided adults around her, won numerous contests and awards and received praise for its timeliness and relevance. 

Herta is an editor, writing coach, and ghostwriter at Chrysalis Editorial, a company she founded in 2007. She has worked with hundreds of writers to help them perfect their writing and to find agents and publishers for their work. She has ghostwritten three memoirs, all of which have been published. An avid reader, she consumes dozens of books each year and reviews some of them on Goodreads.

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Saving Phoebe Murrow

"Feely's novel reminds us of the heartbreaking fragility and mystery of the teenage mind...a finely crafted plot...and compulsively readable."
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                       - Emily Harburg, Washington Independent Review of Books
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​​Winner of the 2019 Independent Press Award for Women's Fiction, the 2018 National Indie Excellence Award for Contemporary Novel, and the New Apple Award for Excellence, Saving Phoebe Murrow is set amidst the complicated web of adolescent relationships. It tells a story of the devastating impact social media can have on teen girls. Isabel, a DC lawyer, does everything she can to keep Phoebe from harm, but fails when the mysterious Shane appears on Facebook and flirts with her teenage daughter. 

Published by: 
Upper Hand Press (US) | Bonnier Twenty7 Books (UK)

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