Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novel Appleseed (opens in a new tab) (a New York Times Notable Book) and the craft book Refuse to Be Done (opens in a new tab), a guide to novel writing, rewriting, and revision. He is also the author of the novels Scrapper (opens in a new tab) and In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods (opens in a new tab), as well as the short story collection A Tree or a Person or a Wall (opens in a new tab), a non-fiction book about the classic video game Baldur's Gate II (opens in a new tab), and several other titles. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Tin House, Fairy Tale Review, American Short Fiction, Orion, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.
