Lincoln Michel
Novelist and critic; author of The Body Scout and Metallic Realms; writes Counter Craft.
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- Lincoln Michel is an American fiction writer, critic and editor.
- He wrote the story collection Upright Beasts (2015) and the novels The Body Scout (2021) and Metallic Realms (2025).
- He co-founded and co-edited Gigantic, was editor-in-chief of Electric Literature from 2014 to 2017, and co-edited the anthologies Tiny Crimes and Tiny Nightmares with Nadxieli Nieto.
- Since 2021 he has written the newsletter Counter Craft, on fiction craft and publishing.
- He teaches at Columbia and Sarah Lawrence.
Key facts
- Born
- 1982; grew up near Charlottesville, Virginia1
- Education
- MFA in writing, Columbia University1
- Books
- Upright Beasts (2015); The Body Scout (2021); Metallic Realms (2025)1
- Editor
- Editor-in-chief of Electric Literature, from 2014 to 2017; co-founder of Gigantic1
- Newsletter
- Counter Craft (from 2021)2
- Awards
- Pushcart Prize (2015)1
Links
Sources
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