Nicholas Christopher received his BA from Harvard College. He is the author of seventeen books: six novels,?The Soloist,?Veronica,?A Trip to the Stars,?Franklin Flyer,?The Bestiary, and?Tiger Rag; nine books of poetry,?On Tour with Rita,?A Short History of the Island of Butterflies,?Desperate Characters: A Novella in Verse,?In the Year of the Comet,?5° & Other Poems,?The Creation of the Night Sky,?Atomic Field: Two Poems,?Crossing the Equator: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2004, and?On Jupiter Place; a nonfiction book,?Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir & the American City; and a novel for children,?The True Adventures of Nicolò Zen. He has also edited two poetry anthologies:?Under 35: The New Generation of American Poets?and?Walk on the Wild Side: Urban American Poetry Since 1975. His work has appeared in?The New Yorker,?The New York Review of Books,?Paris Review,?Granta,?Esquire,?The Nation, and?Best American Poetry. His books have been widely translated and published abroad, and he has received numerous awards and fellowships: from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other institutions. His most recent novel,?Maps of the Underworld, will be published in 2022, and he has just completed a book of short stories,?Mystery and Melancholy of a Street. He is also the Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer of a television series now in pre-production, based on his novel?Veronica, that will consist of thirteen episodes.
Professor of Professional Practice, Writing
On Leave 2022-2023 Academic Year
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