Mary McMyne is the award-winning author of The Book of Gothel, the story of the 12th c. midwife who would become known as the witch from Rapunzel. Her second novel, A Rose by Any Other Name, tells the story behind Shakespeare’s sonnets from the perspective of his infamous Dark Lady. She is also the author of the fairy tale poetry chapbook Wolf Skin. Her short fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in speculative and literary journals like Strange Horizons, Gulf Coast, Redivider, Southern Humanities Review, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and Apex Magazine. A graduate of the New York University MFA program in fiction, she is an associate professor in the graduate Professional Writing program at Kennesaw State University and poetry editor for Enchanted Living.
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