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Marya Hornbacher
Marya Hornbacher is an award-winning journalist, essayist, novelist, and poet, and the New York Times bestselling author of five books. Her sixth book, Solo, is forthcoming from Hachette/Cardinal in early 2027.
Marya has received the Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction, the Logan Fellowship for Social Justice Journalism, the White Award for Magazine Journalism, the ASCAP Award for Music Journalism, the Fountain House Humanitarian Award, and other distinctions. Her work appears in publications including New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Minneapolis StarTribune, Chicago Reader, Smithsonian Magazine, Vogue, Glamour, Crazyhorse, Guernica, Longreads, AGNI, Arts & Letters, Gulf Coast, DIAGRAM, and many more. She is the creator of the bestselling Substack "Going Solo at the End of the World," a multi-media report from the American road.
A veteran educator with more than 30 years of teaching - both at the college and graduate level and in non-academic settings - under her belt, Marya offers 1:1 creative coaching, individualized writing mentorship, and three types of Caravan classes: weekend Bootcamps, four-week Crash Craft Courses, and six-week Deep Dives.
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Interested in 1:1 creative coaching or individualized writing mentorship? Book a free 15-minute consult with Marya to discuss.​​
Marya gone rogue
Road-tripper, vagrant, erstwhile pugilist, aspiring crone, and solo traveler Marya Hornbacher Solo traveler went rogue a few years back. She hit the road to cover the collapse of American life in real time.
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