Micah Nathan is a novelist and essayist whose books have sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. He is the author of Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster, 2005), Losing Graceland (Crown / Random House, 2011), and the collection Jack the Bastard and Other Stories.
His fiction and essays have appeared in The Guardian, Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, Glimmer Train, Little White Lies, Kinfolk, and elsewhere. His fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Mystery Stories, and his work has received the Boston University Saul Bellow Prize in Fiction and the Associated Press Short Essay Award.
He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at MIT. Previously, he co-founded a venture-backed narrative entertainment company, where he served as Chief Narrative Officer.
A haunting novel about a brilliant young man who enrolls at a small New England college and becomes entangled in a mysterious death—and the ultimate scientific quest.
“Soaked with gothic mood and spiked with sharp dialogue, it’s Dead Poets Society via Stephen King.”
Micah Nathan is a novelist, essayist, and recipient of Boston University’s Saul Bellow Prize in Fiction.
His first novel, Gods of Aberdeen (2005), is a coming-of-age story about friendship, betrayal, and the pursuit of immortality at an elite New England college. The novel became an international bestseller and was translated into five languages. Kirkus Reviews called it “a malevolently thrilling coming-of-ager wrapped in a philosophical detective tale.”
His second novel, Losing Graceland (2011), follows a recent college graduate and an elderly man who may be Elvis Presley on a road trip toward one final comeback. The Washington Post described it as “a yarn spiced with plenty of humor and romance.”
His collection, Jack the Bastard and Other Stories (2012), was praised by the Chicago Tribune for “pushing the boundaries of storytelling.” Micah’s short fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, The Gettysburg Review, and other journals, and in the anthologies The Best American Mystery Stories and From Sea to Stormy Sea.
As an essayist and critic, Micah has written for Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, The Guardian, Little White Lies, Kinfolk, VICE, and other publications.
He has also worked as a lead writer and narrative designer on Shadowgun and other commercial games. He co-founded Consortium9, a narrative entertainment company, where he served as Chief Narrative Officer.
Micah was head copy editor and fiction editor of LEMON: King of Pop, which received a D&AD Wood Pencil in 2013. His honors also include the Associated Press Short Essay Award. He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at MIT.
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