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Author Bio
• Birth—1986
• Where—Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
• Education—B.A., American University; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop
• Awards—Gpuggenheim Fellowshi
• Currently—lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the story collection, Her Body and Other Parties (2017), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. She lives with her wife in Philadelphia, Penna., where she is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. (From the publisher.)