Order of Fiona Davis Books

Fiona Davis is an American author known for her novels: The Lions of Fifth Avenue, The Magnolia Palace, The Chelsea Girls, and others.

Davis originally started in New York City by works as an actress in the theatre. She did Broadway plays, off-Broadway, and regional theaters. She would later go on to attend the Columbia Journalism School where she earned her master’s degree and fell in love with writing. She worked in a variety of different writing careers including as a freelance journalist, before eventually deciding on writing historical fiction.

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Chelsea Girls takes place in the theater district of 1950s New York and the wild scene that existed at the Chelsea Hotel. The story focuses on playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead who are determined to use it to their advantage. They are interested in breaking in, but they find that their biggest obstacle in getting there is political. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his Red Scare is sweeping the nation with people in the entertainment industry being focused on. There is pressure on everyone to name names as Hazel and Maxine’s Broadway are on the line.

Davis is also the author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue. This one takes place in 1913 New York where a series of book thefts are taking place at the New York Public Library. Laura is a mother and the wife of the superintendent of the New York Public Library. She decides to apply for the Columbia Journalism School and finds her whole world changed. She gets in with a group of women known as the Heterodoxy Club who change the way she looks at the world and cause her to question her role as a wife and mother. When some books are stolen from the library, she is forced to confront her changing values head on.