Charmaine Wilkerson is from New York, has lived in Jamaica, and does much of her writing in Italy. A former news and communication professional, she has published award-winning stories in various anthologies and magazines. Her debut novel BLACK CAKE will be published in February 2022. Charmaine is represented by Madeleine Milburn at the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.

 
 

Works

BLACK CAKE

 

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Debut novel due out in February 2022.

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"I was instantly taken in by this multigenerational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home."--—Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes

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Publishers: Penguin Michael Joseph in the UK & Ballantine Books in the US.

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NOVELLA-IN-FLASH

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How to Make a Window Snake - Ad Hoc Fiction (UK)

A story of identity, family and perseverance against the odds.

​​Winner, Bath Novella-in-Flash Award 2017

Winner, Best Novella, Saboteur Awards 2018

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​SELECTED SHORT STORIES

 

New Flash Fiction Review - Purr

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Litro Magazine - Bite (selected for the Best Microfiction 2020 anthology)

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New Flash Fiction Review - Canyon Vista 

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FlashFlood Journal - American Music (from the novella-in-flash, How to Make a Window Snake)

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FlashBack Fiction - Balm

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Reflex Fiction - Anger Management - Winner, Winter 2017 Prize

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100 Word Story - Row + Far from this Howling Corner (selected for publication in Best Microfiction 2021)

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Bending Genres - Holes

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Fiction Southeast - The Laundry Room Comes First - Winner, Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize (selected for the Best Microfiction 2019 anthology).

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Spelk - Ash

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Reflex Fiction - Eyebrows

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FlashFlood Journal - What Cats Can Do

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ANTHOLOGIES

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Best Microfiction 2020 - Bite

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Best Microfiction 2019 - The Laundry Room Comes First

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Things Left and Found by the Side of the Road (Bath Flash Fiction anthology) - Diagram of a Human Heart

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Ripening: 2018 National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology - Pull - Second Prize, Microfiction Competition

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The Lobsters Run Free (Bath Flash Fiction anthology) - Musk

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To Carry Her Home (Bath Flash Fiction) - Five Months +

Three Scenes from a Tropical Island

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Flash Fiction Festival One - The Pirate's House (also printed in Project Calm Magazine)

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SELECTED ESSAYS

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The American | In Italia - A Moveable Feast 

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The Common - Island Lessons 

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Fiction Southeast - A Review of Alligators at Night by Meg Pokrass

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The American | In Italia - Ghost Town

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GUEST JUDGE/READER FOR

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  • Bath Flash Fiction Award

  • New Flash Fiction Review

  • National Flash Fiction Day 2019 & 2020 

  • SmokeLong Quarterly

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Many thanks to the following residential writing programs: Hedgebrook, Vermont Studio Center, and Bread Loaf in Sicily.

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CONTACTS

Agent info@madeleinemilburn.com
 
Publicity U.S. & Canada bbdpublicity@randomhouse.com

 

Publicity U.K. PMJPublicity@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk

© 2021 C. Wilkerson 

Photos by R. Cheever & C. Wilkerson