Chandra Mayor (born in 1973), is a Canadian poet and novelist whose writings explore urban and alternative cultures, among others.
Mayor's writing has appeared in several anthologies, including Interruptions: 30 Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets, and Post-Prairie.
She received the 2004 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writer, and the following year she followed that up with her novel, Cherry, which won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award.
Mayor, who is openly lesbian,[1] was shortlisted for a 2008 CBC Literary Award for the title story from her most recent book, All the Pretty Girls (Conundrum Press), a collection of short stories.
All the Pretty Girls won the 2009 Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Fiction.