Becky Kivlovitz O'Connor
A novelist, freelance writer, editor, teacher, and content developer
Eve
by Becky Kivlovitz O’Connor Coming to shelves near you:
February 2026
Eve, the first created woman, is not known in time or history as a hero for her curiosity–but in this Paradise Lost retelling, Eve reclaims her power. Amidst the classical story of Original Sin, Eve hungers for knowledge, questions, and stories on her quest to experience a life of meaning.
Eve’s odyssey takes her from Nippur to the coastal city of Canaan and across the Aegean Sea to Cyprus, as she dares to complete what she began with her first bite of forbidden fruit—to know her own power. For who before her has known the minds of the gods?
Eve rewrites the legacy of women, reimagining the creation myth, offering a fresh perspective on the timeless story of the first woman.
-
“Lucidly rendered from the first woman’s point of view, Eve manages to be essentially faithful to scripture and yet boldly original. As we should have seen all along, Eve is the hero of the story, and if God’s ways to men are to be justified, it can only be through her unique creative power.”
–John Rumrich, author of Matter of Glory and Milton Unbound
-
“O’Connor’s thirst for knowledge takes classical Eve on a heroine’s journey. In Eve she is thirsty to drink in language, culture, and all the Creators to understand how the heart loves and the soul believes, how one lonely body can be a universe.”
–Amy Solo, author of Wild Sonnets From the Underground Forest and Mothers, Lovers, and Roadside Burials
