Carmen Maria Machado

1986 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: American University, Parkland High School

occupation: writer, science fiction writer, short story writer, essayist, literary critic

award received: Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection, Guggenheim Fellowship

official website: carmenmariamachado.com

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 Magazine, 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)