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Malia Márquez was born in New Mexico and grew up in New England. She holds a BFA in 3D Fine Arts and an MFA in Creative Writing and is the author of This Fierce Blood (2021) and City of Smoke and Sea (2025). She lives in Los Angeles with her family, where she is at work on her next novel.
New & Forthcoming:
“The Space Between You” (essay, anthology), Becoming Real, Pact Press ~9/24
“Press Play” (short story), Georgia Review~3/25
City of Smoke and Sea (novel), Red Hen Press ~3/25
Published & Awards:
Winner of Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize, City of Smoke and Sea (novel), 2023
Fiction Finalist, This Fierce Blood, Housatonic Book Awards 2022
Silver Medal for Multicultural Fiction, This Fierce Blood, Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) 2022
“Journey” (poetry translation), Poetry 2022
“On Journey” (translation note), Poetry 2022
“A House So Beautiful” (short story), Coffin Bell Journal 2021; nominated for Best of the Net 2021
This Fierce Blood (novel), Acre Books, 2021
"What Happens to the Heart" (music review/ flash fiction), Hobart 2020
"A House So Beautiful" (short story), Shortlisted, Staunch Short Story Prize 2020
Catamount {TFB} (novel), Fiction Semifinalist, Yes Yes Books 2019