Carmen Maria Machado is an American writer, essayist, critic, and teacher who skillfully explores themes of gender, sexuality, and the limits of reality in her work. Her articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in leading publications such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books and others.
Her debut collection of whimsical stories "Her body and other aspects" was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Machado is also the author of well-known books such as Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU, In the Dream House, as well as a number of other works that have been awarded and repeatedly included in anthologies.
Carmen has won prestigious awards throughout her career, including the John Leonard Award, the Crawford Award, and the Brooklyn Public Library Book Award. In 2018, she began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and was a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2021. Her unique style and subject matter have captivated readers around the world, making her one of the most recognizable voices in contemporary literature.
