Lincoln Michel


Lincoln Michel is an American short story writer, novelist, and editor. He is the author of Upright Beasts and The Body Scout.

Career

Lincoln Michel was the co-founder and co-editor of Gigantic. From 2014 to 2017, he was the Editor-in-Chief of Electric Literature. He is known for his "genre-bending" stories. His short stories have been published in Noon, The Paris Review, Granta, Tin House, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and The Believer. He won a 2015 Pushcart Prize.
His debut novel The Body Scout was published in 2021 and received critical acclaim. The New York Times called the novel “timeless and original" and "a wild ride, sad and funny, surreal and intelligent.” Boing Boing described it as "a modern cyberpunk classic." He has taught at the Columbia University School of the Arts and Sarah Lawrence College.

Books

Upright Beasts The Body Scout
  • ''Metallic Realms''

Anthologies edited

Gigantic Worlds Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder
  • ''Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror''