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

Biography

Mary McMyne is the award-winning author of the novels The Book of Gothel and A Rose by Any Other Name, and the poetry chapbook Wolf Skin. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in places like Gulf Coast, Redivider, Southern Humanities Review, Strange Horizons, and Apex Magazine. A graduate of the New York University MFA program, she is poetry editor for Enchanted Living.

Books

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

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

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.