Brendan Mathews Books in Order

Brendan Mathews is a celebrated author whose work has garnered widespread recognition. His debut novel, The World of Tomorrow, published by Little, Brown & Co., was longlisted for the prestigious Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named an Indie Next Great Read and an Editors' Choice by the New York Times Book Review. His subsequent debut story collection, This Is Not A Love Song, was published in 2019. As a Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, Mathews' fiction has been featured in esteemed publications such as The Best American Short Stories, Glimmer Train, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Salon. He is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Sustainable Arts Foundation, and the Sewanee Writers Conference. Born and raised in upstate New York, Mathews holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia. He currently resides in Lenox, Massachusetts, with his family, where he teaches at Bard College at Simon's Rock.