Mac Crane

Mac Crane
Born
Marisa Crane

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materDrexel University
GenreSpeculative fiction
SubjectNonfiction essays, poetry
Notable worksI Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself (2023)
Notable awardsLambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction (2024)
Children2
Website
www.marisacrane.org

Mac Crane is an American writer. Their debut novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself won the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction.

Career

Crane's work includes poetry, nonfiction essays, and fiction. Their debut poetry collection, Our Debatable Bodies, was published in 2019.[1]

Crane began writing their debut novel in 2018 and initially completed it as a short story.[2] However, after losing their job, they shifted focus to writing full-time and converting I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself to a novel.[2] The novel centers a queer parent, Kris, navigating parenthood after the loss of their partner during childbirth.[3] In the book's world, the government attaches extra shadows to those who have committed acts of harm or violence.[3] The novel was published in January 2023 (under their birth name, Marisa Crane) by Catapult and received positive critical reception. It was included on "Best Book" lists by Esquire, Library Journal, Chicago Review of Books, and others.[4] Crane won the Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction for the book.[5]

Their second novel, A Sharp Endless Need, is a coming-of-age story centered around a high school basketball star dealing with the death of her father and a complicated relationship with their best friend.[6] It was released in 2025 by Dial Press.[7]

Personal life

Crane was born Marisa Crane in Allentown, Pennsylvania and raised in Philadelphia.[8][9] They were heavily involved in sports growing up and were also an avid reader.[10] From the age of six they aspired to be an author and a WNBA player.[7] They went on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball at Drexel University,[9] but were unable to pursue a professional career due to multiple ACL tears.[9]

Crane is queer and nonbinary,[11] and uses they/them pronouns.[8][7] They are married with two children and reside in San Diego.[3]

Works

  • Our Debatable Bodies. Animal Heart Press. 2019-06-01. ISBN 9780359542345.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  • I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself. Catapult. 2023-01-17. ISBN 9781646222063.
  • A Sharp Endless Need. Dial Press. 2025-05-13. ISBN 9780593733646.

References

  1. ^ Neilson, Sarah (2023-01-20). "'I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself' Unleashes a Dark World". Shondaland. Archived from the original on 2023-01-20.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Lindsey (2023-09-22). "Mac Crane explores shame and punishment in debut speculative novel". SGN. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Sullivan, Kate (2023-05-12). "On Persisting: An Interview with Marisa (Mac) Crane". Columbia Journal. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself". Catapult. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  5. ^ "The 2024 Lambda Literary Award Winners". BOOK RIOT. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  6. ^ Jude, Jen St (2025-05-13). ""Basketball Means Transcendence": A Conversation with Mac Crane on 'A Sharp Endless Need'". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  7. ^ a b c Schnelbach, Leah (2024-06-11). "An Interview With Three Finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  8. ^ a b "As a queer artist, 'our insistence on embracing ourselves, our joy and our love is something to celebrate'". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  9. ^ a b c Berry, Lorraine (2023-01-18). "How one novelist built a world without prisons that's even crueler than ours". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  10. ^ Crane, Marisa "Mac" (2024-01-24). "Flying Still Matters". Brevity Mag. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  11. ^ Crane, Mac (March 2024). "Loving a Sport That Doesn't Always Love Me Back". The Sun Magazine. No. 579.
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Crane