Winner
Her Body and Other Parties
Lambda Literary Award for Fiction · 2018 · WinnerNational Book Award for Fiction · 2017 · ShortlistKirkus Prize (Fiction) · 2017 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lambda Literary Award for FictionLesbian Fiction | 2018 | Winner |
| National Book Award for FictionFiction | 2017 | Shortlist |
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2017 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Eight stories that blend fantasy, horror, and the surreal to explore the female body, desire, and fear. Including 'The Husband Stitch,' a retelling of a folk horror story, and 'Especially Heinous,' a 300-page episode guide to Law & Order: SVU written as a horror story. A landmark debut collection.
About the Author
Carmen Maria Machado is an American author and essayist born in 1986 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and currently serves as Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. Her debut short story collection Her Body and Other Parties (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and won numerous other prizes, establishing her as one of the most exciting new voices in speculative fiction. Read more →
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