Originally from Los Angeles, Michael Gutierrez holds an MFA in fiction from the University of New Hampshire and an MA in history from the University of Massachusetts. His work has been published in Scarab, The Pisgah Review, Untoward, The Boiler, Crossborder, and LA Weekly. The Trench Angel was a finalist for the James Jones First Novel Fellowship. He resides with his wife in Chapel Hill, where teaches in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Awards:

The Austin Film Festival, Featured Screenplay (Drama), Semi-finalist, 2014.

The Austin Film Festival, AMC One-Hour Pilot Award, Finalist, 2013.

The James Jones First Novel Fellowship, Finalist

New York Public Library Research Fellowship, New York Public Library, 2011-2012. This award ($2500) is provided for research on a novel.

The Tusculum Review, Short Story Contest, Finalist, 2009.

Harpur Palate, John Gardner Fiction Prize, Finalist, 2009.

Pushcart Prize, Nominee, 2009

Best New American Voices, Nominee, 2006, 2008.