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Spencer K. M. Brown [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Email: 
spencerkmbrown@gmail.com
Bio: 

Finalist for the 2023 CMA National Book Awards and winner of the 2016 Penelope Niven Fiction Prize, the 2018 Flying South Fiction Prize, and a 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize finalist, Spencer K. M. Brown's work has appeared in Prime Number, Scalawag, Revolution John, Maudlin House, Salvation South, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novels Move Over Mountain (2019 J. New Books) and Hold Fast (2022 Wiseblood Books). He lives in the foothills of North Carolina with his wife and sons. His debut collection of stories Into My Heart an Air that Kills will be published in 2026 by Loblolly Press.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Walker Percy Flannery O'Connor Juan Rulfo Thomas Mann Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ernest Hemingway Cormac McCarthy William Faulkner Thomas Merton Michael D. O'Brien
Twitter/X: 
@spencerkmbrown
Born in: 
Bedfordshire
United Kingdom
Raised in: 
King, NC
North Carolina
Website: 
https://www.spencerkmbrown.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2023 CMA National Book Awards Finalist; Winner of the 2016 Penelope Niven Fiction Prize and the 2018 Flying South Fiction Prize; and Finalist for the 2019 Doris Betts Fiction Prize and 2023 Robert Watson Literary Prize.

Agent/Agency name: 
Tracy Crow, Tracy Crow Literary Agency
Identifies as: 
Appalachian
Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/spencer_k_m_brown [2] https://www.spencerkmbrown.com