suemell

My debut novel, PROVENANCE, won Madville’s 2021 Blue Moon Novel Award & my collection of essays, GIVING CARE, won the Chestnut Review 2022 Prose Chapbook Prize. Work in Cleaver Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, Jellyfish Review, and Narrative Magazine.

New York, NY, United States

Books

Book cover of PROVENANCE by suemell

PROVENANCEA fresh take on contemporary conflicts, exploring sorrow, longing, and renewal in the lives of three deeply textured characters.Madville Publishing, 2022

Chapbooks

Book cover of Giving Care by suemell

Giving CareMicro essays about caring for my elderly mom who has dementia.The Chestnut Review, 2022

Selected work (1 publication)

Cleaver Magazine, 2019

All the Chinese Food In the WorldI’ll especially miss the Flower Marys—a jubilant self-named group of gay men who fashion stunning floral arrangements.

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