Suzanne MatsonSuzanne Marie Matson is an American fiction writer, poet and professor at Boston College.Education and careerMatson has a B.A. from Portland State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. As of 2022, she is a professor at Boston College.WorkMatson is known for writing short fiction, novels and poetry. Her novels include The Hunger Moon, A Trick of Nature, The Tree-Sitter, and Ultraviolet. Her books of poetry have been reviewed by the ''Harvard Book Review.''Selected publications*Honors and awardsIn 2012 Matson received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.