Jennifer Macaire lives in France with her husband, three children, & various dogs & horses. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul highschool in St. Thomas and moved to NYC where she modelled for five years for Elite. She went to France and met her husband at the polo club. All that is true. But she mostly likes to make up stories.
She has published short stories in such magazines as Polo Magazine, PKA’s Advocate, The Bear Deluxe, Nuketown, The Eclipse, Anotherealm, Linnaean Street, Inkspin, Literary Potpourri, Mind Caviar, 3 am Magazine, and the Vestal Review. One of her short stories ‘Honey on Your Skin’, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In June 2002 she won the 3am/Harper Collins flash fiction contest for her story There are Geckos’ Her story ‘Islands’ appears in the anthology ‘A Dictionary of Failed Relationships’ published by by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Penguin Putnam.
Awards:
Honey on Your Skin – Pushcart Prize nomination (see short film in menu)
There are Geckos – 1st prize 3am / Harper Collins flash fiction contest
The Phallus From Dallas – Preditors and Editors ten best short stories pick
Virtual Murder – EPPIE finalist science fiction
Angels on Crusade – EPPIE finalist historical fiction
The Promise – EPPIE finalist YA fiction
Time for Alexander – EPPIE finalist – historical fiction
Heroes in the Dust – EPPIE finalist – Historical fiction Golden Rose Award
The Secret of Shabaz – Reviewer’s Choice Award The Road to Romance
A Charm for a Unicorn – Dream Realm Award finalist
Other publishing history:
She has illustrated and published ‘The Little Polo Handbook’, the ‘Jumping International Handbook’, and ‘Sunday at the Races’ (in French) and a book teaching polo: Polo Technique, by Stephane Macaire and Dominique Pan.
You can visit her everyday day-dreamer blog here.
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