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:
Another Grand Tour, forthcoming Silk Road Review
The Princess and The Golem, forthcoming Thin Air Magazine
Benson Says Goodbye, published The Blue Mountain Review, 2024
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 Return of War, published Passengers Journal, 2024
The Soloist’s Rehearsal, published Jewish Fiction, 2023, Pushcart-nominated
Garden of Lost Dreams, published JMWW, 2023
Summerland or The Spirit in The Sideboard, published Windward Review, 2023
Poetry:
Impressionist, Strangers and Voices, forthcoming Epiphany
I woke up this morning feeling, forthcoming Grey Matter
Englischer Garten, 1922, forthcoming The Reform Jewish Quarterly
Sometimes and Advocating For the Mentally Ill, forthcoming 360View
Stone, forthcoming The New York Quarterly
Pulp Poem #2 and Pulp Poem #3, published DIAGRAM, 2024
Small Change, published Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems, 2024
January 3, 1994, published Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities, 2024
Mural New Hampshire State Hospital, 1996, published Northern New England Review, 2024
Silphium, published Hawaii Pacific Review, 2024
A Child Survivor in Old Age, published South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo), 2024
It is the absence that feels, published New Plains Review, 2024
I hanged my psychic, published The Lullwater 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
The Galanty Show, My Father’s Newsletters, and in Svalbard, published Mukoli: The Magazine For Peace, 2024
crazy glue, published Paper Dragon, 2023
Foehrenwald, 1957, published The Reform Jewish Quarterly, 2023
first book, published Anthropocene, 2023
Nonfiction and Hybrid:
House of Wax, forthcoming Reed Magazine
Dan’s Gone, Too, Now, forthcoming Potomac Review
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
Church Street Burlington, Vermont and Fifty-Two, published Northern New England Review, 2024
My Best Friend Steve, published Miracle Monocle, 2024
The Last Title Writer, published Apricity, 2024
in the blue white light of this square room, published TIMBER, 2024, Pushcart-nominated
Abandoned Goals, published OxMag, 2023
Plays:
Reunion, full-length play inspired by my book The Outsider and my late father’s experiences with schizophrenia, developed with Queens Theatre in NYC, Fall 2023, as part of their New American Voices series.
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