C.M. Mayo is an award-winning essayist, novelist, poet, and literary translator. Her many works include Meteor (Gival Press Award for Poetry); Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution (Indie Excellence Award for History), and the novel based on the true story, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (a Library Journal Best Book). Mayo’s other awards include the Flannery O’Connor for Short Fiction; several Lowell Thomas Awards for Travel Writing, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers Conferences. Member, Texas Institute of Letters.