Carole Maso (1956) is a contemporary American writer.

She has a B.A. in English from Vassar College, and is a professor of literary arts at Brown University since 1995. She lives with her partner, Helen Lang.

Awards

• Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography (2001) for The Room Lit by Roses

Books

Novels

• Ghost Dance, 1986
• The Art Lover, 1990
• Ava, 1993
• The American Woman in the Chinese Hat, 1994
• Defiance, 1998
• Mother&Child, 2012

Short stories

• Aureole: An Erotic Sequence, 1996

Other

• Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire, 2000
• The Room Lit by Roses: A Journal of Pregnancy and Birth, 2002
• Beauty is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo, 2002