Mathieu Cailler

Poet, Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA
California US
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Author's Bio

Mathieu Cailler is the author of seven books: one novel, Heaven and Other Zip Codes (Open Books); two short story collections, Loss Angeles (Short Story America) and Forest for the Trees & Other Stories (Hidden Peak Press); two volumes of poetry, May I Have This Dance? (About Editions) and Catacombs of the Heart (Spartan); and two children’s titles, The (Underappreciated) Life of Humphery Hawley (About Editions) and Hi, I'm Night (Olympia). His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in over one hundred publications, including Wigleaf, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most notably a Pushcart Prize, a Readers' Favorite Book Award, a Short Story America Prize, a New England Book Festival Prize, a Los Angeles Book Festival Prize, and a Paris Book Festival Prize. Feel free to connect with him on social media @writesfromla or at mathieucailler.com.

 

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
American Fiction Volume 13 (New Rivers Press, 2014)
Book:
Forest for the Trees (Hidden Peak Press, 2023)
Journals: ,
Burrow Press Review
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Saturday Evening Post
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Poetry

Book:
Catacombs of the Heart (Spartan Press, 2020)
Journals:
Bluebird Word
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Dillydoun Review
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Pank
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Rise Up Review
Prizes won: 
  • 2025 Pushcart Prize Winner
  • 2024 Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner
  • 2023 Winner of Paris Book Festival Prize for general fiction
  • 2023 Winner for Best Microfiction
  • 2021 Winner of the Los Angeles Book Festival Prize for Romance
  • 2017 Winner of the New England Book Festival Prize for Poetry
  • 2012 Winner of the Short Story America Prize

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Lucille Clifton, Saki, Grace Paley, David Hume, Ernest Hemingway, Ha Jin, Donald Quist, Kali VanBaale, Raymond Carver, Laurie Alberts, T.D. Johnston, Sophfronia Scott, Gary Paulsen, Gary Soto.
What I'm reading now: 
Dispatches by Richard Jackson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Franco American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French, Spanish
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Last update: Jan 01, 2025