Nathaniel Rich, a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of Cloudthief (Summer 2026) and three previous novels, all New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice selections: King Zeno (2018); Odds Against Tomorrow (2013); and The Mayor's Tongue (2008). He has also written two works of nonfiction on environmental themes: Second Nature (2021), which includes the story that serves as the basis for the film Dark Waters; and Losing Earth (2019), which is currently being adapted into a film directed by Tom McCarthy, shooting in New Orleans. Rich is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a frequent contributor to the Atlantic, Harper's, and the New York Review of Books. He lives in New Orleans and teaches at Tulane.
