Matt Bell (author)

Matt Bell
Bell at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Bell at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Born (1980-08-23) August 23, 1980 (age 44)
Saginaw, MI
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreLiterary fiction, dark fantasy, horror, experimental fiction
Website
mdbell.com

Matt Bell (born August 23, 1980)[1] is an American writer. He is the author of Appleseed (2021), How They Were Found (2010)[2] and Cataclysm Baby (2012).[3] He received his BA from Oakland University and his MFA from Bowling Green State University. In 2012, he took a position as an assistant professor in the English department at Northern Michigan University,[4] and currently teaches in the English department at Arizona State University.[5]

Bell is the senior editor at Dzanc Books,[6] as well as the founding editor of The Collagist,[7] a monthly online literary magazine. His short fiction has also appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Conjunctions, Hayden's Ferry Review, Gulf Coast, Guernica, Willow Springs, Unsaid, and American Short Fiction. His stories have been anthologized in The Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Fantasy, and 30 Under 30: an Anthology of Innovative Fiction by Younger Writers.

  1. ^ https://www.twitter.com/mdbell79/status/1696575405405425777?s=46 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "How They Were Found". Matt Bell. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cataclysm Baby". Matt Bell. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  4. ^ Northern Michigan Faculty
  5. ^ Arizona State Faculty
  6. ^ Dzanc Books
  7. ^ The Collagist Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine