Printable view of Mary McMyne

Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:

Sault Sainte Marie, MI

Michigan US

Email:

mmcmyne@nyu.edu

Bio:

Mary McMyne's debut novel, The Book of Gothel, is forthcoming from Redhook and Orbit UK in 2022. Her poems and short stories have appeared in magazines like Gulf Coast, Redivider, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, and the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. Her debut poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin (Dancing Girl Press, 2014), won the Elgin Chapbook Award. Her other awards include the Faulkner Prize for a Novel-in-Progress, an NEA fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, and a grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation to research The Book of Gothel in Germany. Her second novel is forthcoming from Redhook and Orbit UK in 2024.

She is an associate professor of creative writing at Lake Superior State University.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter, Tana French

Twitter/X:

marymcmyne

Born in:

Baton Rouge

Raised in:

Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana

Website:

https://marymcmyne.com [2]

Prizes won:

2017 National Endowment for the Arts Parent Fellowship to Vermont Studio Center for The Book of Gothel
2015 Elgin Chapbook Award for Wolf Skin
2014 Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction, Second Place
2013 Sustainable Arts Foundation Promise Award in Fiction for The Book of Gothel
2007 Faulkner Prize for a Novel-in-Progress

Education:

New York University

Agent/Agency name:

Samantha Farkas, Jill Grinberg Literary Management

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Any

Children

Teachers

Teenagers