caption birth_place nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
matt bell , 2011 saginaw , mi american august 29 , 1980 literary fiction fiction , dark fantasy , horror , experimental matt bell -lrb- author -rrb-
 matt bell writer
matt bell -lrb- author -rrb-

matt bell -lrb- born 1980 -rrb- is an american writer .
he is the author of `` how they were found '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- and `` cataclysm baby '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .
he studied at bowling green state university .
in 2012 , he took a position as an assistant professor in the english department at northern michigan university .
bell is the senior editor at dzanc books , as well as the founding editor of `` the collagist , '' a monthly online literary magazine .
his short fiction has also appeared in numerous literary magazines , including `` conjunctions '' , `` hayden 's ferry review '' , `` gulf coast '' , `` guernica -lrb- magazine -rrb- '' , `` willow springs '' , `` unsaid '' , and `` american short fiction '' .
his stories have been anthologized in `` the best american mystery stories '' , `` best american fantasy '' , and '' '' .
`` how they were found '' was reviewed favorably in `` the believer '' , `` american book review , '' and `` the rumpus '' .
at `` htmlgiant '' , kyle minor wrote that `` matt bell has built a national reputation on his own terms , completely outside the support system of new york publishing , on the strength of his stories and novellas , which are wholly original and singularly his own .
he is that rare sort of writer whose work the reader would recognize even if were published anonymously .
it is formally daring , high-stakes , languaged-up stuff , and -lrb- lucky us ! -rrb-
, the best of it has finally been collected at book length . ''
