Agent: Sam Farkas at Jill Grinberg Literary Management
Email: sam (at) jillgrinbergliterary.com
Author Bio
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 short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in speculative and literary journals like Strange Horizons, Gulf Coast, Redivider, Southern Humanities Review, Arkansas 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. She has over fifteen years experience editing fiction and is currently poetry editor for Enchanted Living.
She is the recipient of the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for a Novel-in-Progress, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, and a Sustainable Arts Foundation grant to research The Book of Gothel in Germany, among other honors.
She lives in Atlanta.
Books
The Book of Gothel
Read dust jacket copy, reviews, and blurbs for Mary McMyne’s debut novel here.
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 Fiction, Speculative Fiction, 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
Read dust jacket copy, reviews, and blurbs for Mary McMyne’s second novel here.
- Hachette US (7/16/2024)
- Hachette UK (7/18/2024)
ISBN: 9780316393515
Ages: Adult
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Retelling
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FEATURED IN
PW Editor’s Picks • Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) • Booklist (starred review) • BookPage • Library Journal Historical Fiction 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 • Goodreads
Wolf Skin
Read dust jacket copy, reviews, and blurbs for Mary McMyne’s award-winning poetry chapbook here.
- 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.