Suzanne Matson is the author of three novels, most recently, The Tree-Sitter; and two volumes of poetry, Sea Level and Durable Goods.  She has received creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and is a professor at Boston College.

Website: www.suzannematson.com

Twitter Username: @SuzanneMatson

Publications

• The Tree-Sitter , W. W. Norton (2006)
• A Trick of Nature , W. W. Norton (2000)
• The Hunger Moon , W. W. Norton (1997)
• Durable Goods , Alice James Books (1993)
• Sea Level , Alice James Books (1990)

Awards

• National Endowment of the Arts Fiction Writing Fellowship(2012)
• American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship(2007)
• Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist's Grant(1998)
• Robert B. Heilman Dissertation Prize(1987)
• Academy of American Poets Prize(1986)
• Susannah McMurphy Fellowship(1984)
• Poetry Northwest's Young Poet's Prize(1983)

Employment

• Professor of English, Chair of English at Boston College

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English from Portland State University (June 1981)
• Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University of Washington (June 1983)
• Doctoral Degree in English from University of Washington (August 1987)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Poetry