Spencer K. M. Brown

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Finalist for the 2023 CMA National Book Awards and winner of the 2016 Penelope Niven Fiction Prize, the 2018 Flying South Fiction Prize, and a 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize finalist, Spencer K. M. Brown's work has appeared in Prime Number, Scalawag, Revolution John, Maudlin House, Salvation South, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novels Move Over Mountain (2019 J. New Books) and Hold Fast (2022 Wiseblood Books). He lives in the foothills of North Carolina with his wife and two sons.

Literary agent: 
Tracy Crow, Tracy Crow Literary Agency

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Hold Fast (Wiseblood Books, 2022)
Chapbook:
Cicada Rex: Poems (Ghost City Press, 2023)
Journals:
Belle Reve Literary Journal
,
Brilliant Flash Fiction
,
Eunoia Review
,
Flying South
,
Kingfisher
,
Maudlin House
,
Parhelion Literary Magazine
,
Prime Number Magazine
,
Revolution John
,
Spectra Poets
,
Two Hawks Quarterly
,
Yellow Chair Review
Prizes won: 

2023 CMA National Book Awards Finalist; Winner of the 2016 Penelope Niven Fiction Prize and the 2018 Flying South Fiction Prize; and Finalist for the 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize and 2023 Robert Watson Literary Prize.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Walker Percy Flannery O'Connor Juan Rulfo Thomas Mann Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ernest Hemingway Cormac McCarthy William Faulkner Thomas Merton Michael D. O'Brien

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian, Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Bedfordshire
United Kingdom
Raised in: 
King, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Mar 11, 2024