Micah Nathan

Micah Nathan
Born Los Angeles, CA
Occupation Novelist, short-story writer, essayist, screenwriter
Nationality American
Period 2005–present
Notable works Gods of Aberdeen (2005), Losing Graceland (2011), Jack the Bastard and Other Stories (2012)
Notable awards Saul Bellow Prize for Fiction (2010); Finalist: Tobias Wolff Award for Short Fiction (2008); Finalist: Innovative Fiction Award (2009)
Website
www.micahnathan.com

Micah Nathan is an award-winning American author, screenwriter, and essayist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Gods of Aberdeen, was published in 2005 by Simon & Schuster and became an international bestseller, reaching #1 in several countries.[1] Nathan followed this with a second novel, Losing Graceland, (Broadway) published in 2011 to mostly positive reviews, called "a blend of the ironic and the painfully sincere" by the Washington Post,[2] while the Boston Globe referred to its "low-rent variations on a Homeric theme, antic originality, and the near-magic realism of Elvis as a geriatric Ulysses."[3]

In 2012 Nathan published Jack the Bastard and Other Stories, a collection with illustrations by Russ Nicholson, Phil Noto, Tradd Moore, and Michael Allred. Fat Possum Records released a limited edition soundtrack for the book, featuring tracks by The Black Keys and Townes Van Zandt.

Nathan's essays and short fiction have appeared in The Best American Mystery Stories, Boston Globe Magazine, Post Road, Bellingham Review, Diagram, Glimmer Train, The Gettysburg Review, Commonweal, and other national publications. He received his MFA from Boston University, where he teaches fiction and where he was awarded the 2010 Saul Bellow Prize.[4]

References

  1. "Searched for: micah nathan". http://nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. Lindgren, Michael (2011-03-15). "Book review: ‘Losing Graceland’ by Micah Nathan - Washington Post". Articles.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  3. "Losing Graceland". Micahnathan.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  4. "Local author publishes collection of short stories - Holliston, MA - Holliston TAB". Wickedlocal.com. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2013-10-01.

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