Michael Nye

Michael Nye is the author of three works of fiction: the novel ALL THE CASTLES BURNED (Turner Publishing, 2018), and two story collections, STRATEGIES AGAINST EXTINCTION (Queen’s Ferry Press, 2012) and UNTIL WE HAVE FACES (Turner Publishing, 2020).

Nye was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University, where he graduated with a BA in English Literature, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he earned his MFA in creative writing.

His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary magazines such as Kenyon Review, Epoch, Northwest Review, American Literary Review, Boulevard, Cincinnati Review, Crab Orchard Review, New South, Normal School, Sou’wester, and South Dakota Review, among many others. His writing has been a finalist for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in fiction and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In 2022, he received an Individual Artistic Excellence award from the Ohio Arts Council.

This academic year, he is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College. He lives with his wife in Columbus, Ohio and is the editor of Story.

Education

• MFA University of Missouri-Saint Louis (2003 — 2006)
• Bachelor of Arts The Ohio State University (1996 — 2000)

Companies

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Kenyon College (2022)
• Editor In Chief Story Magazine (2018)
• Associate Director of Communications The Ohio State University (2018 — 2022)
• Associate Editor Boulevard magazine (2015 — 2018)
• Digital Media Producer AARP (2016 — 2018)
• Communications Manager The Council for Professional Recognition (2015 — 2016)
• Managing Editor The Missouri Review (2010 — 2015)
• Lecturer University of Missouri - St. Louis (2006 — 2009)
• Director of Summer Writers Institute and Lecturer Washington University in St. Louis (2006 — 2009)