I am an award-winning author of books for children and adults. My published books include The Outsider, The Origami Master, and Broken Beaks. My all-ages graphic novel, The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales, was published by First Second/Macmillan. I am currently writing short fiction, nonfiction and poetry, with new long-form projects in the works. My writing has received three Pushcart nominations over the past two years.
SELECTED NEW WRITING
Short Stories:
The Beggar and The Two Kings, forthcoming The Coachella Review
The Princess and The Golem, published Thin Air Magazine, 2025
The Great Pathfinder of The Good Roads Era, published Kestrel, 2024
Mulhouse’s Last Game, published Permafrost, 2024
44 Clifford Avenue, published Full Bleed, 2024, Pushcart-nominated
The Soloist’s Rehearsal, published JewishFiction.com, 2023, Pushcart-nominated
Garden of Lost Dreams, published JMWW, 2023
Poetry:
Answering Machine, 1981 forthcoming About Place Journal
Reading Philosophy of Mind, 3rd Ed., In Bed, forthcoming North Dakota Quarterly
The Oracle of Delphi, forthcoming Birdcoat Quarterly
New York City, Spring 1995, forthcoming Santa Clara Review
Anniversary, prose poem, forthcoming Eastern Iowa Review
Chaplinesque, Godfrey Signing Off, The King of The Gorilla Men, forthcoming F(r)iction
These are not my thoughts, forthcoming Full Bleed
Impressionist, Strangers and Voices, published Epiphany, 2024
Englischer Garten, 1922, published The Reform Jewish Quarterly, 2024
Pulp Poem #2 and Pulp Poem #3, published DIAGRAM, 2024
Silphium, published Hawaii Pacific Review, 2024
Science Ruins Everything, published Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems, 2024
Pulp Poem #7, published The Normal School, 2024
The Thing about THE THING from another world!, published Berkeley Poetry Review, 2024
Foehrenwald, 1957, published The Reform Jewish Quarterly, 2023
first book, published Anthropocene, 2023
Nonfiction and Hybrid:
Anosognosia, forthcoming Potomac Review
Total Information Awareness, forthcoming Iron Horse Literary Review
finite being, forthcoming Inscape Journal
Total Information Awareness, forthcoming Iron Horse Literary Review
House of Wax, forthcoming Reed Magazine
Hide-and-Seek, published X-R-A-Y, 2025
Gimme Back Times Square, published MoonPark Review, 2025
Autograph Collection, published JMWW, 2025
Dan’s Gone, Too, Now, published Potomac Review, 2025
Elf-Shot published The Citron Review, 2024
A Vernal Pool In Summer, published Inscape, 2024
M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, Just Before Thanksgiving, 2002, published About Place Journal, 2024
Cave Spiel, published Brink, 2024
Iceland and The Repurposing of a Three-Legged Chair, published Breakwater Review, 2024
in the blue white light of this square room, published TIMBER, 2024, Pushcart-nominated
Abandoned Goals, published OxMag, 2023
SELECTED BOOKS
Junior Library Guild Selection Amazon Prime Book Box selection
“A droll delight.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Wry and charming tales of the power of persistence.”
—School Library Journal
Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library Book Award
Bell of Hope Award
“Extraordinary . . . A rare gift: a memoir that helps enlighten readers that homeless, mentally ill people have lives beyond what we might ever hope to see.”
—Newsday
“Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal
A Children’s Indie Next Pick
A Book Links Lasting Connection
Junior Library Guild Selection
“A tale as simple and elegant as origami itself…. The Origami Master could be mistaken for a long-forgotten gem of ancient folklore.”
—Junior Library Guild
“Nathaniel Lachenmeyer has created an extraordinary story…. A truly beautiful tale.”
—Children’s Literature
More. Between 2000-2007, I presented 80+ keynotes and lectures on mental health and homeless issues at universities, hospitals, and mental health centers across the US, Canada, Sweden, and Australia. Media appearances include: NPR’s “Fresh Air”, “All Things Considered Weekend Edition,” WNYC’s “The Leonard Lopate Show.” I live outside of Atlanta with my wife and children. In addition to being a writer, I am also a dealer in and collector of classic movie memorabilia and illustration art.
Contact: NL (a) NathanielLachenmeyer.com