Mary McMyne
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Mary McMyne is an American author and poet who writes folklore-inspired retellings and speculative historical fiction for adult readers. Her debut poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin (Dancing Girl Press, 2014), won the Elgin Chapbook Award.[1] Writing in American Book Review, Saara Myrene Raapana called it “a new myth about mother- and daughterhood, contrasting the mortality of self and body with the immortality of love.”[2]
Her debut novel, a literary historical called The Book of Gothel (Hachette, 2022), received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist. The former called it “a fresh, exciting backstory to one of the most famous villains in fairy tale lore: the witch who put Rapunzel in her tower”,[3] and the latter praised its setting in “twelfth-century Germany when belief in the paternalistic Christian God is in ascendance and the female practitioners of the ‘old ways’ have gone into hiding to escape persecution for witchcraft.”[4]
Her second novel, Mistress, “the magic-infused story of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady from her own perspective” is due from Hachette in 2024.
Education
A native of south Louisiana, McMyne has a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in creative writing from Louisiana State University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University. She was an associate professor of English at Lake Superior State University from 2011 – 2021.
Personal
Mary spends her personal time watching sci-fi and fantasy TV, gardening, hiking with her border collie, baking, and playing board games.
Awards
| Year | Award/Distinction |
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| 2007 | Faulkner–Wisdom Prize for a Novel in Progress |
| 2013 | Sustainable Arts Foundation Promise Award[5] |
| 2015 | Elgin Chapbook Award[6] |
References
- ↑ "sfadb : Elgin Awards". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ↑ Raappana, Saara Myrene (2015). "The Better to Transform You With". American Book Review. 36 (3): 20–21. doi:10.1353/abr.2015.0039. ISSN 2153-4578.
- ↑ "The Book of Gothel Starred Review". Publishers Weekly. 2023-04-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ABOUT THE AUTHOR". MARY MCMYNE. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ↑ "Individual Awardees : Sustainable Arts Foundation". www.sustainableartsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ↑ "Science Fiction Poetry Association". www.sfpoetry.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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