Carson Markland

Carson Markland is a writer and filmmaker from South Carolina who now lives in New York City. She studied English and Creative Writing at Wake Forest University, where she won the DA Brown Award in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, including the story "Armadillo Jesus." Her debut novel, Men Like Us, a historical fiction about Bobby Kennedy, is scheduled for release by Algonquin Books in July 2026. Her work has also appeared in Breakwater Review and Texlandia and was included in the Best Microfiction anthology.