Award-winning author Charmayne Samuelson has published her 11th book, Mata Ortiz “Poetry of Clay: Poesía del Barro,” a bilingual photo and poetry book showcasing 24 Master Potters of Mata Ortiz, Mexico, and their work. This book has won two 2025 First Place Awards from the Independent Press Awards and also the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She launched her book in the small village of Mata Ortiz in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, less than 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico Border and was honored to present her book to Ciudad Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, Presidente Municipal de Juárez. She is also the author of the Award-Winning and best-selling biography, SPENCER MacCALLUM Memories-Mystique-Mata Ortiz, of the anthropologist who ‘discovered’ Juan Quezada and jump-started his ceramic career, leading to over 1,000 well-known Mata Ortiz potters today. She previously published a time-travel mystery novel set in New Mexico, and two self-help books on hypnotherapy and meditation, a photography book, Wild Mustangs of the Onaqui Mountains, co-authored with her husband, as well as 4 all-age coloring books. Samuelson and her husband live in Las Cruces, NM. All of her books are available on Amazon.com.
