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Carmen Maria Machado

かるめん まりあ まちゃど

Karumen Maria Machaddo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1986-07-03 (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
United Methodist Church
Residence History
Allentown, Pennsylvania → Washington, D.C. → Philadelphia → Brooklyn, New York City

Career

Occupations
Writer, Essayist, Critic
Active Years
2011-
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (Writer in Residence), Iowa Writers' Workshop
Nominations
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist (2017, Her Body and Other Parties), Nebula Award for Best Novelette Shortlisted (2014, The Husband Stitch)

Education

Parkland High School
General
Country: United States
High school
American University
Period: 2004-2008
Year of Graduation: 2008
Country: United States
BA
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
Master of Fine Arts

Awards

Folio Prize
2021
Work: In the Dream House
Organization: The Rathbone Folio Prize
Result: winner
National Book Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize
2017
Work: Her Body and Other Parties
Organization: National Book Critics Circle
Result: winner
Lambda Literary Award
2018
Work: Her Body and Other Parties
Category: レズビアン小説部門
Organization: Lambda Literary Foundation
Result: winner
Lambda Literary Award
2020
Work: In the Dream House
Category: ノンフィクション部門
Organization: Lambda Literary Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Her Body and Other Parties

2017 Science fiction/Fantasy/Horror

A short story collection blending horror with explorations of women's bodies and identity.

Body horrorQueer themesFemininity
Adaptations
  • [TV series] / Gina Welch

In the Dream House

2019 Memoir

Innovative memoir about an abusive queer relationship.

Domestic violenceQueer relationshipsLiterary form

Bibliography

  • Her Body and Other Parties (2017)
  • In the Dream House (2019)
  • The Low, Low Woods (comic, 2019-2020)

Adaptations

  • Her Body and Other Parties (FX in development)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Strange and seductiveForm-takingExperimental
Recurring Motifs
Body horrorQueer identityGothic elements

Legacy

Renowned as an innovative voice in contemporary American literature, acclaimed for queer, horror, and feminist themes.

In Popular Culture

  • Works optioned for FX TV series

Trivia

  • Bisexual
  • Grandfather from Cuba
  • Once rejected by Starbucks