C.M. Mayo

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

Texas US

Email:

cmmayo@cmmayo.com

Website:

www.cmmayo.com

RSS feed:

www.madam-mayo.com/rss/

Author's Bio

C.M. Mayo is an award-winning essayist, novelist, poet, and literary translator. Her many works include Meteor (Gival Press Award for Poetry); Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution (Indie Excellence Award for History), and the novel based on the true story, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (a Library Journal Best Book). Mayo’s other awards include the Flannery O’Connor for Short Fiction; several Lowell Thomas Awards for Travel Writing, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers Conferences. Member, Texas Institute of Letters.

Writers Retreats:

MacDowell

Ragdale

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Yaddo

Literary agent:

Latsch Lit

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:

Miraculous Air (Milkweed Editions, 2007)

Fiction

Books:

The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (Unbridled Books, 2009)

Sky Over El Nido (The University of Georgia Press, 1995)

Poetry

Book:

Meteor (Gival Press, 2019)

Translation

Book:

Mexico A Traveler's Literary Companion by Edited by C.M. Mayo, various Mexican authors, translated from the Spanish (Whereabouts Press, 2006)

Prizes won:

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Gival Press Poetry Award
Indie Excellence Award for History
Lowell Thomas Award for Essay (various)
Fellowships for Bread Loaf, Sewanee, and Wesleyan Writers Conferences

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Other

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

El Paso, TX

Texas

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Last update: Nov 22, 2019