Micah Nathan

Micah Nathan
Born	Los Angeles, CA
Occupation	Author, short-story writer, screenwriter, essayist
Nationality	American
Period	2005–present
Notable work(s)	Gods of Aberdeen (2005), Losing Graceland (2011)
Notable award(s)	Saul Bellow Prize for Fiction (2010); Finalist: Tobias Wolff Award for Short Fiction (2008); Finalist: Innovative Fiction Award (2009)

Micah Nathan is an American author, screenwriter, and award-winning essayist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Gods of Aberdeen, was published in June 2005 by Simon & Schuster and became an international bestseller.^[1] In 2005 BookExpo America selected Nathan as an "Emerging Author" and GQ claimed he was one of the year's "best debuts."^[2]

Nathan's short fiction has appeared in Boston Globe Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, Bellingham Review, Diagram, Glimmer Train, The Gettysburg Review, Commonweal, and several other national publications. He has also worked under a pen name as a script doctor, his most recent a horror feature purchased by Dimension Films. In 2010, Boston University awarded Nathan the Saul Bellow Prize for Fiction.

Nathan was recently named Consulting Editor for LEMON Magazine. His second novel Losing Graceland was published by Random House in January 2011.

External links

• Micah Nathan homepage
• Simon & Schuster author page
• Random House author page
• IMDB page

Listen to

• WBFO NPR: Morning Edition: January 15, 2011
• Birmingham NPR: Tapestry: January 7, 2011
• Seattle NPR: The Beat: June 21, 2005
• KISS 98.5 Morning Show: June 29, 2005

References

1. ^ [1] Buffalo News interview June 2005
2. ^ http://micahnathan.com/books/gods-of-aberdeen/

Persondata
Name	Nathan, Micah
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Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Los Angeles, CA
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