TIL Best First Fiction Award
http://www.reporternews.com/news/local/former-abilenian-wins-literary-award-308855fe-02b7-199b-e053-0100007f4c31-375955171.html

Texas Monthly‘s Ten Writers to Watch
http://www.texasmonthly.com/list/the-10-writers-to-watch-and-read/mary-helen-specht-and-nan-cuba/

New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/books/review/editors-choice.html

New York Times Book Review on Migratory Animals
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/books/review/mary-helen-spechts-migratory-animals.html

Boston Globe review of Migratory Animals
http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/01/23/book-review-migratory-animals-mary-helen-specht/fsGsKtAWnaYiGh8750vehN/story.html/

Dallas Observer review of Migratory Animals
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2015/02/in_mary_helen_spechts_elegiac_migratory_animals_college_friends_encounter_adulthood.php/

Dallas Morning News review of Migratory Animals
http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/books/20150206-fiction-review-migratory-animals-by-mary-helen-specht.ece/

Texas Observer review of Migratory Animals
http://www.texasobserver.org/observer-review-migratory-animals-mary-helen-specht/

An IndieNext Pick for February
http://www.bookweb.org/news/february-2015-indie-next-list-preview/

An Apple iBooks Pick for January

Mississippi Library Commission Best Adult Fiction of 2015
https://www.pinterest.com/MSLibraryComm/best-adult-fiction-2015/

Austin Chronicle Interview
http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2015-01-16/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go//http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/books/2015-01-15/specht-speaks/

“Texas Matters” interview
http://tpr.org/post/texas-matters-mary-helen-specht-writes-texas/

Austin American-Statesman Select Book for January
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/migratory-animals-spechts-novel-meditates-on-the-n/njkGL/?icmp=statesman_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_statesmanstubtomystatesmanpremium#1cb0e1f1.3917188.735616/

Interview with Kirkus
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/mary-helen-specht/

Powell’s playlist for Migratory Animals
http://www.powells.com/blog/playlist/the-powells-playlist-mary-helen-specht-by-mary-helen-specht/

Brazos Bookstore #debooze
http://www.brazosbookstore.com/article/feature/debooze-mary-helen-specht/

Migratory Animals on hometown news
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/ktab4u/d/story/texas-star-trading-co-talks-new-book-migratory-ani/29160/UrGIqkaBU0CHSYYSl4eYVg/

Texas Book Festival Q&A
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/qa-debut-author-mary-helen-specht/

Texas Monthly Checklist includes Migratory Animals
http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/checklist-of-things-to-see-read-watch-in-january-2015-texas/

The Writing Barn Author Spotlight
http://www.thewritingbarn.com/austin-author-spotlight-mary-helen-specht/

Recommended for Adults (Sorry, Kids!)
http://itsnothouitsme.com/2014/12/11/5-houston-books-that-are-perf-presents-for-adults/

Publisher’s Weekly review
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-234603-2/

Kirkus review
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-helen-specht/migratory-animals/

Interview w/ Read to Write Stories
http://readtowritestories.com/2013/08/29/an-interview-with-mary-helen-specht/