Paula Martinac

Paula Martinac is the author of seven novels – Dear Miss Cushman (2021); Testimony (2021); Clio Rising (2019), Gold Medal Winner, Northeast Region, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2020; The Ada Decades (2017), finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction; the Lambda Literary Award-winning Out of Time (1990; 2012 e-book); the Lammy-nominated Home Movies (1993); and Chicken (1997; 2001 reprint). Paula’s short stories appeared in The Raleigh Review, Minerva Rising, and Main Street Rag, among many others. She teaches creative writing to undergraduates at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and at Charlotte Center for the Literary Arts. Sign up for her newsletter (no spam!) at paulamartinac.com.