Author bio with <100 words:
S.M. Mack is a 2019 MFA recipient in popular fiction from USM Stonecoast, the 2017 first place winner of the Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult Writing, and a Clarion 2012 grad. Her short fiction has been published in Fireside Fiction, Vine Leaves Literary Journal’s “Best of 2015” anthology, and the Clarion class of 2012’s seven Rainbow Anthologies, among others. Find her online at @whatsmacksaid.bsky.social or her website at whatsmacksaid.com.
Her novella Death Valley Blooms is part of Neon Hemlock’s 2025 Novella Series.
Author bio with 25 words:
S.M. Mack is a Clarion 2012 grad and recipient of an MFA from USM Stonecoast. Her debut novella Death Valley Blooms released in 2025.
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