Carmen Maria Machado | |
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Born | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 3, 1986
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Education | American University[1] Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, horror |
Years active | 2011–present |
Notable works | Her Body and Other Parties (2017) In the Dream House (2019) |
Notable awards | Folio Prize 2021 winner National Book Award finalist |
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Website | |
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Carmen Maria Machado (born July 3, 1986) is an American short story author, essayist, and critic best known for Her Body and Other Parties, a 2017 short story collection, and her memoir In the Dream House, which was published in 2019 and won the 2021 Folio Prize.[3] Machado is frequently published in The New Yorker, Granta, Lightspeed, and other publications. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award[4] and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. Her stories have been reprinted in Year's Best Weird Fiction,[5] Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, Best Horror of the Year, The New Voices of Fantasy, and Best Women's Erotica.
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