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Mat Johnson

Biography

Mat Johnson

Mat Johnson is a novelist who sometimes writes other things. He is the author of the novels PYM, DROP, and HUNTING IN HARLEM, the nonfiction novella THE GREAT NEGRO PLOT, and the comic books INCOGNEGRO and DARK RAIN. He is a recipient of the United States Artist James Baldwin Fellowship, The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. Mat Johnson is a faculty member at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.

Mat Johnson

    Books by Mat Johnson

    by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane

    In the days after Hurricane Katrina, two men who fell through society's cracks travel to evacuate New Orleans to pull off the bank heist of a lifetime. Up against the clock and eluding armed competitors, the men find themselves in the middle of one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in American history. All around them, the institutions that form the pillars of our society are falling apart. Surrounded by death and misery, the men face a moral challenge greater than any other obstacle they've had to overcome. Is it possible to beat the system, even when it lies in ruins? Can they save even one person--or themselves? Or will those institutions come crashing down right on top of them?

    by Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece

    A fearless graphic novel that is both a page-turning mystery and a disturbing exploration of race and self-image in America, masterfully illustrated with rich period detail. I