Matt Bloom
Author | New York, NY
Matt lives in New York City with his wife, Shelley Simmons-Bloom, and their cat, Bunny. Matt’s first published work of fiction was a short story in the Westside Spirit, a free weekly newspaper that still exists. His four novels are Blue Paradise (Red Brick Press, 1998), A Death in the.... more
Matt lives in New York City with his wife, Shelley Simmons-Bloom, and their cat, Bunny. Matt’s first published work of fiction was a short story in the Westside Spirit, a free weekly newspaper that still exists. His four novels are Blue Paradise (Red Brick Press, 1998), A Death in the Hamptons (Hatherleigh, 2002), The Last Romantic (Hatherleigh, 2005) and Salt of the Nation (Adelaide Books, June 2019). His children’s books are Hello, My Name is Bunny! (2016) and Hello, My Name is Bunny! London (2018). Matt has also earned fiction fellowships at Sewanee Writers’ Conference (1998), Breadloaf Writers’ Conference (1999), and a residence at MacDowell Artists’ Colony (2003).