Bio
(PhD 2003, Fiction) is the author of The Wettest County in the World (Scribner, 2008), an international bestseller and a New York Times Editor’s Pick. The feature film, Lawless, by director John Hillcoat was based on the novel. His other novels include The Third Translation (Hyperion, 2005), an international bestseller, and The Night Swimmer (Scribner, 2012). His fiction, poetry, and nonfiction and essays have been published in Glimmer Train, The New England Review, Outside Magazine, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and in other journals and magazines. His essay “The Real Thing” was anthologized in the 2017 Best Food Writing. He is adapting his work for an HBO limited series.
First Name
Matt
Last Name
Bondurant
Full Name
Matt Bondurant
Grad Year
2003