Michelle R. Brady

Fiction Writer

Gaithersburg, MD
Maryland US
Email: 
hello@michellereneebrady.com
Website: 
www.michellereneebrady.com
Twitter/X: 
@BradyMichelleR
RSS feed: 
michellereneebrady.substack.com/

Author's Bio

Michelle is a writer, editor, and attorney. Her fiction has been awarded the Gulf Coast Prize, Columbia University SPA’s Gold Circle Award, and nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. Additionally, her short story collection was a finalist for Regal House Publishing’s W.S. Porter Prize. Michelle’s work is also included in The Forge Literary Magazine, Arts & Letters, Lunch Ticket, Consequence Forum, and others, and she is the EIC of House of Arcanum. Michelle is also a combat veteran and helicopter pilot, which informs this work. Find her at MichelleReneeBrady.com

 

Literary agent: 
Katie Grimm, Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Arts & Letters
,
Consequence
,
Feminine Collective
,
Forge Literary Magazine
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Gulf Coast
,
Lunch Ticket
,
Marrow Magazine
,
Maudlin House
,
Metaworker
,
Riddle Fence
,
Roi Fainéant Press
,
The Wrath-Bearing Tree
,
Umbrella Factory Magazine
Prizes won: 

Winner, Gulf Coast Prize for Fiction, 2025;

Gold for Fiction, Columbia University Scholastic Press Association, 2007;

Finalist, Wright Prize, 2024 and 2025;

Finalist, Fractured Literature Flash Open, 2024;

Honorable Mention, Riddle Fence Publishing Inc, 2024;

Long-List Finalist, W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections, Regal House Publishing, 2024;

Pushcart Nominee, The Forge Literary Magazine, 2025;

Pushcart Nominee, Umbrella Factory Magazine, 2025

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Toni Morrison, Willian Styron, Kazuo Ishiguro, Olga Tokarczuk, Celeste Ng, Louise Erdrich, Richard Yates
What I'm reading now: 
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Disability, Veterans
Born in: 
Council Bluffs, IA
Iowa
Raised in: 
Omaha, NE
Nebraska
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Last update: Aug 02, 2025