About Morgan Talty and Fire Exit

Morgan Talty, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, is the author of the national bestselling and critically acclaimed story collection Night of the Living Rez from Tin House Books, which won the New England Book Award, was a Finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, and is a Finalist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. His writing has appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and elsewhere. A winner of the 2021 Narrative Prize, Talty’s work has been supported by the Elizabeth George Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts (2022). Talty is an Assistant Professor of English in Creative Writing and Native American and contemporary Literature at the University of Maine, Orono, and he is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in creative writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. Talty is also a Prose Editor at The Massachusetts Review. He lives in Levant, Maine.

Fire Exit is an Amazon Editors’ Best Book of 2024 So Far ● A Time and Elle Best Book to Read this Summer ● Amerie’s Book Club Selection of July 2024 ● A June 2024 Indie Next Pick ● A June 2024 Library Reads Bonus Pick ● A June 2024 Powell’s Pick ● A Harper’s Bazaar Best Book of 2024 ● A Chicago Tribune and Portland Press Herald Best Book of the Summer ● An Electric Literature Best Book of Spring ● A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of Summer