Margot Douaihy Books
Sister Holiday Mystery Series
Scorched Grace – 2023
Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed queer nun in New Orleans, investigates a series of arsons at her school and convent that leave victims dead. Haunted by her punk rock past and personal traumas, she uncovers buried secrets while grappling with faith, redemption, and suspicion from those around her in this hard-boiled debut.
Blessed Water – 2024
Newly licensed as a private investigator, Sister Holiday teams with Magnolia Riveaux to probe the murder of a priest found in the Mississippi River amid a devastating Easter flood in New Orleans. As another priest vanishes and waters rise, she confronts temptations, family issues, and questions of justice and devotion.
Divine Ruin – 2026
As Sister Holiday prepares for her permanent vows, a student's fentanyl overdose pulls her into New Orleans' deadly drug trade. Going undercover with a gang, she battles traffickers targeting her school while confronting her own history of addiction in this gritty exploration of faith's limits and personal darkness.
Collections
Girls Like You – 2015
This vivid poetry collection delves into intimate moments of coming-of-age, desire, heartbreak, and self-discovery through a queer lens. With passionate voice and technical virtuosity across forms, it captures raw emotions, relationships, and the epic hidden in everyday memories and struggles.
Scranton Lace – 2018
A documentary poetry project meditating on the abandoned Scranton Lace factory, intertwining themes of place, loss, industry decline, queerness, and nostalgia. Illustrated with prints from actual lace, it explores intersections of luxury and utility, time, memory, and human connections in derelict spaces.
Bandit/Queen – 2022
This hybrid documentary poetry reexamines outlaw Belle Starr's life and unsolved murder, challenging myths through archive-driven verse and illustrations. It probes identity, desire, rule-breaking, authenticity, and feminist rebellion in the Wild West, reclaiming her narrative from sensationalism.