Micah Nathan

Faculty Lecturer @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About

Micah Nathan is a novelist, essayist, and lecturer in fiction and nonfiction writing at MIT. He is the author of the novels Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster), published internationally and translated into five languages, and Losing Graceland (Random House). His fiction and essays have appeared in The Guardian, Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, Little White Lies, Kinfolk, Free Inquiry, Hi-Fructose, Glimmer Train, and elsewhere. His honors include Boston University’s Saul Bellow Prize for Fiction, the Associated Press Short Essay Award, an Innovative Fiction Award, and selection in Best American Mystery Stories.

Country

United States

City

Newton Upper Falls

Industry

Fine Art

Skill

Experience

Faculty Lecturer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2017-9 - Present · 9 yrs 1 mo

Writer

2003 - Present · 23 yrs

Novelist and short fiction writer with some bestsellers and some not-so-bestsellers. A sprinkling of awards, very kind reviews (Kirkus, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, etc.). Notable titles: • From Sea to Stormy Sea (Pegasus Books, 2019) — Contributor • The Best American Mystery Stories (Houghton Mifflin) — Contributor • Losing Graceland (Crown, 2011) • Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster, 2005)

Founder

Piermont & Thorne, LLC

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The premier auction house for artifacts and rarities of a most unusual nature.

Visiting Lecturer

Boston College

2024-1 - 2024-5 · 5 mos

Co-Founder, Chief Narrative Officer

Consortium9

2021-5 - 2023-12 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

My team of writers built the world of Khora. And did a damn fine job of it.

Essayist

Vanity Fair

2015-2 - 2019-12 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Mostly pop culture things, including art, film, and food. Subjects include James Spader, Alan Rickman, Marilyn Monroe, River Phoenix, Andy Warhol, and French cuisine.