Visiting Instructor English
Fiction writing; journalism; crime fiction; poetry.

mburgess@macalester.edu

Matt Burgess was born in Jackson Heights, Queens. His first novel, Dogfight, A Love Story, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, an Indie Next selection, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, one of Publishers' Weekly's top ten debuts of the season, and a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. He received a BA in English Literature at Dartmouth College and an MFA in Fiction Writing at the University of Minnesota. His second novel, Uncle Janice, is forthcoming from Doubleday.

Areas of Study

• Fiction Writing
• Journalism
• Genre Fiction
• Comics and Graphic Storytelling
• Poetry

2012-2013

• Introduction to Creative Writing (150-03 and 150-04), Fall
• Topics: Crime, Horror, and Science Fiction (394-02), Fall
• Introduction to Creative Writing (150-06), Spring
• Topics: Comics and Graphic Storytelling (394-01), Spring