Nick Arvin is an American

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and

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Early life and education

Arvin was born in

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and raised in

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

. He graduated from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

and

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

with degrees in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

. He is also a graduate of the

Iowa Writers' Workshop The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program. At 89 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States. Its acceptance rate is between 2 ...

. He has worked in

forensic engineering Forensic engineering has been defined as "the investigation of failures—ranging from serviceability to catastrophic—which may lead to legal activity, including both civil and criminal". The forensic engineering field is very broad in terms o ...

and accident reconstruction.

Writing career

He has published four books of fiction: ''The Reconstructionist'', ''Articles of War'', ''Mad Boy'', and ''In the Electric Eden: Stories''. He has also had work published in ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...

''.

Personal life

He currently resides in

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Awards

''Articles of War'' was listed by ''

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'' magazine as one of the best books of the year and was awarded the Rosenthal Award from the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, Music of the United States, music, and Visual art of the United States, art. Its fixed number ...

, the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

, and the Colorado Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Michener Fellowship and an Isherwood Foundation Grant. In 2008, Arvin was awarded a Literature Fellowship by the

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...

Bibliography

* ''In the Electric Eden: Stories''. New York: Penguin Books, 2003. * ''Articles of War''. New York: Doubleday, 2005. * ''The Reconstructionist''. New York: Harper Perennial, 2012. * ''Mad Boy: An Account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812''. Europa Editions, 2018.

References

External links

Official website
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