Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado | |
|---|---|
Machado in 2017 | |
| Born | July 3, 1986 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | American University 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 |
| Spouse |
Val Howlett
(separated) |
| Website | |
| carmenmariamachado | |
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. Machado is frequently published in The New Yorker, Granta, Lightspeed, and other publications. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. Her stories have been reprinted in Year's Best Weird Fiction, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, Best Horror of the Year, The New Voices of Fantasy, and Best Women's Erotica.