Search
Home / Authors / Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado
Photo: Rosiestep / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author

Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado is an American writer, born on 3 July 1986 in Allentown. Best-known works include Inventory, Eight Bites, The Resident and Difficult at Parties. Honours include Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection and Guggenheim Fellowship.

The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Carmen Maria Machado, mostly fantasy and horror, published by Graywolf Press, first published in 2017.

Born 3 July 1986, AllentownFrom United States
Website ↗Goodreads ↗Wikipedia ↗
Books reviewed1
Our average4.0★from 1 rated
Our review
Her Body and Other Parties cover
Her Body and Other Parties2017 · ★ 4.0
GenresFantasy 1Horror 1LGBTQ+ 1PublishersGraywolf Press

Awards & honours

4 recorded
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2018Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection2017John Leonard Prize2017

Literary prizes

John Leonard Prize 2017

Genre awards

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction 2018Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection 2017

Honours & fellowships

Guggenheim Fellowship 2019

Books

1 book
Her Body and Other Parties cover
Her Body and Other Parties2017 · ★ 4.0

Frequently asked questions

How many Carmen Maria Machado books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?

We have reviewed 1 book by Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body and Other Parties.

About us

The Bookish Elf is your single, trusted, daily source for all the news, ideas and richness of literary life. The Bookish Elf is a site you can rely on for book reviews, author interviews, book recommendations, and all things books.

Contact us: [email protected]

Quick Links

Recent Posts

It Ends Here by Heidi Perks

Psychological Thriller 0
A gunshot at 7.26 on a Monday morning, a shuttered marina café and five people inside, one of whom is holding the gun. Heidi Perks turns a hostage siege into a guessing game played across a single morning, and mostly wins it, though the middle stretch circles before the end lands.

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

Literary Fiction 0
Four linked stories about a ten-year-old boy on a Salinas Valley ranch, each one teaching him something nobody intended to teach. Frequently handed to children, and one of the least consoling books Steinbeck wrote.

Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson

Romance 0
A novelist whose million-dollar debut was sunk by one review corners the critic who wrote it, and their six-minute fight goes viral. Robinson's sharp, funny romance is really about the fear of being disliked, though its online villains are flat and the late crisis is contrived.

Subscribe