Agent: Sam Farkas at Jill Grinberg Literary Management
Email: sam (at) jillgrinbergliterary.com

Biography

Mary McMyne is the author of the novels The Book of Gothel and A Rose by Any Other Name. Her fairy tale poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin, won the Elgin Chapbook Award. A graduate of the New York University MFA program, she has received the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for a Novel-in-Progress and a grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, among other honors. She is the poetry editor for Enchanted Living.

Books

A Rose By Any Other Name

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• Hachette US (7/16/2024)
• Hachette UK (7/18/2024)

ISBN:  9780316393515

Ages: Adult

Genre: Fiction, Historical, Fantasy, Retelling

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FEATURED IN

A PW Editor’s Pick • Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) • Booklist (starred review) • BookPage • Library Journal Historical Fiction Preview 2024 • British Fantasy Society • IGN 10 Must-Read Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Releasing This July • Gizmodo • Autostraddle • Reactor • BookRiot New LGBTQ+ Reads • BookRiot Fall into New Fantasy Reads About Literature • 48 Recent and New Retellings

The Book of Gothel

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Available now from:

• Hachette US (7/26/2022)
• Hachette UK (7/28/2022)
• Umbriel ES (6/20/2023)
• Hachette US paperback (9/5/2023)
• Eksmo RU (3/22/2024)

ISBN:  9780316393119

Ages: Adult

Genre: Fiction, Historical, Fantasy, Retelling

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FEATURED IN

People Magazine • Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) • Booklist (starred review) • Library Journal  • Interview and Excerpt in Enchanted Living • BuzzFeed Summer Book Recommendations • BuzzFeed SFF Beach Reads • BuzzFeed Best Books of July  • Review in Grimdark Magazine  • Bookish  • Goodreads Exciting New Summer Fantasy • 30 Classic Tales Reimagined for 2022 • B&N Best Books of July • Feature in BookPage • Book Riot • Shelf Awareness • Interview in SFX (print, 8/22) • British Fantasy Society Review • Book Reporter • Historical Novel Society Review • Review in SFX (print, 9/22) • Top Ten SF/Fantasy & Horror Debuts, Booklist • 66 New Spellbinding Novels about Witches • Best-selling Science Fiction & Fantasy Books: The Most Sought-After Books By Public Libraries • Library Journal Audiobook Review

Wolf Skin

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• Dancing Girl Press (5/21/2014)

ISBN: 9780615986593

Genre: Poetry, Fabulism

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HONORS

Winner of the 2015 Elgin Chapbook Award

FEATURED IN

Chattahoochee Review • American Book Review (print) • As It Ought To Be • Star*Line • Amazing Stories Magazine

Professional Inquiries

For professional inquiries such as rights, permissions, or blurb requests, please contact literary agent, Sam Farkas, at sam (at) jillgrinbergliterary.com.