Nick Arvin grew up in Michigan, and he earned degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford. He has worked in automotive engineering, forensic engineering, and the design of power plants and oil and gas facilities.
He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of four books: In the Electric Eden, Articles of War, The Reconstructionist and Mad Boy. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal, and has been honored with awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Library Association, the Isherwood Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Nick taught creative writing and rhetoric at the Iowa Writers Workshop, and he has taught at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop since 2004.
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