Gregory Martin

Gregory Martin is the author of MOUNTAIN CITY, a memoir of the life of a town of thirty-three people in remote northeastern Nevada, which received a Washington State Book Award, was named a New York Times Notable Book, and is referred to by some people in Mountain City as “the book.” Martin’s second book, a memoir STORIES FOR BOYS, is forthcoming from Hawthorne Books in September 2012 and is a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection for Holiday 2012.

Martin is an Associate Professor of English and serves as Director of the Combined BA/MD Degree Program. His work has appeared in The Sun, The Kenyon Review, Creative Nonfiction, Storyquarterly, The Writer, Witness, and elsewhere. For his teaching, Martin has received the University of New Mexico Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.  He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and two sons