Arts and Culture Faculty
Nicholas Arvin
narvin@du.edu
Nick holds degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford, and has worked in automotive engineering, forensic engineering, and power plant engineering. Nick is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of two books: In the Electric Eden: Stories and Articles of War, a novel which was named one of the Books of Year by Esquire magazine and the 2007 One Book, One Denver selection. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, and his work has received numerous awards, including a Michener Fellowship, a Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Boyd Award from the American Library Association, and an Isherwood Foundation Fellowship. Nick also teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop.