Jennifer Maritza McCauley
{{short description|American writer}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Jennifer Maritza McCauley
|image=Jennifer Maritza McCauley 2024 Texas Book Festival.jpg
|caption=McCauley at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|occupation=Writer
|nationality=American
|education=University of Pittsburgh (BA)
Florida International University (MFA)
University of Missouri (PhD)
|website={{URL|https://www.jennifermaritzamccauley.com}}
}}
Jennifer Maritza McCauley is an American writer.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jennifer Maritza McCauley is the daughter of a Black American father and a Puerto Rican mother. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BA in English Writing, with an MFA in fiction from Florida International University, and she received a PhD in creative writing and literature from University of Missouri.{{Cite web |title=How MU alum Jennifer Maritza McCauley carries 'Home' back to Columbia and Unbound festival |url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/04/20/mu-alum-jennifer-maritza-mccauley-brings-acclaimed-stories-to-unbound-homecoming/70122706007/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Columbia Daily Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212347/https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/04/20/mu-alum-jennifer-maritza-mccauley-brings-acclaimed-stories-to-unbound-homecoming/70122706007/ |url-status=live }}
McCauley's short story collection When Trying to Return Home was longlisted for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2023-11-08 |title=The Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2024 Longlist |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/11/the-35000-aspen-words-literary-prize-names-its-2024-longlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129044459/https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/11/the-35000-aspen-words-literary-prize-names-its-2024-longlist/ |archive-date=2023-11-29 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}
Works
- {{cite book |last=McCauley |first=Jennifer Maritza |author-mask=2 |title=Scar On/Scar Off |year=2016 |isbn=9780999115206 |edition=paperback 1st |location=Santa Fe |publisher=Stalking Horse Press}}
- {{cite book |last=McCauley |first=Jennifer Maritza |author-mask=2 |title=When Trying to Return Home |year=2023 |edition=hardcover 1st |publisher=Counterpoint Press |isbn=9781640095687}}{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Lillian |date=2023-02-08 |title=Afro-Latina Writer Jennifer Maritza McCauley Impresses With New Work |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/books/jennifer-maritza-mccauley-proves-shes-a-writer-to-watch-with-debut-collection-when-trying-to-return-home-stories/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212413/https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/books/jennifer-maritza-mccauley-proves-shes-a-writer-to-watch-with-debut-collection-when-trying-to-return-home-stories/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Maritza McCauley Believes That Home Is a Feeling, Not a Place {{!}} An Interview by Vanessa Genao |url=https://catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/jennifer-maritza-mccauley-believes-that-home-is-a-feeling-not-a-place-an-interview-by-vanessa-genao |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Catapult |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212349/https://catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/jennifer-maritza-mccauley-believes-that-home-is-a-feeling-not-a-place-an-interview-by-vanessa-genao |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Niazi |first=Amil |date=2023-02-07 |title=In These Black and Afro-Latino Communities, Family Is a Double Bind |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/books/review/when-trying-to-return-home-jennifer-maritza-mccauley.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212347/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/books/review/when-trying-to-return-home-jennifer-maritza-mccauley.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-maritza-mccauley/when-trying-to-return-home/ |title=WHEN TRYING TO RETURN HOME {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en |access-date=2023-06-23 |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212517/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-maritza-mccauley/when-trying-to-return-home/ |url-status=live }}
- {{cite book |last=McCauley |first=Jennifer Maritza |author-mask=2 |title=Kinds of Grace |year=2024 |isbn=9781963245288 |edition=paperback 1st |publisher=FlowerSong Press}}
References
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External links
- https://www.jennifermaritzamccauley.com/
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Category:American women writers
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