American Author Carmen Maria Machado Wins 2021 Rathbones Folio Literary prize

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Noted American author Carmen Maria Machado has won the Rathbones Folio prize for the year 2021.
The 34-year-old author has won for her memoir, In the Dream House, released in 2019.
In the book, the author outlines her experiences in a same-sex relationship with her former partner, and the abuse she was subjected to.
The Rathbones Folio Prize is a literary award that was launched by London-based publisher The Folio Society in the initial two years, that is 2014-2015.
Then with a gap in 2016, from 2017 Rathbone Investment Management joined as the sponsor and the name changed from Folio Prize.