Nick Mancuso

Nick Mancuso, MFA is an author and essayist based in New England.

His work has appeared in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Literary Nest, Quail Bell Literary Magazine, Spry Literary Journal, the Anthropoid Collective, the Garbanzo Literary Journal, Gravel, The Apeiron Review, Esthetic Apostle, StarTrek.com and The Huffington Post. He is presently at work on a variety of short fiction, essays, and a novel.

His debut novel FEVER was released by Woodhall Press in 2019, and was named a Finalist for the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Somerset Award for Emerging Voices in Literary and Contemporary Fiction, with what Kirkus reviewed it as having: “…an uncompromising and unforgettable ending,” and “a riveting character study that turns seemingly routine lives into something extraordinary.”

He holds a double Bachelor of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies, and Politics and Law from Bryant University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. He is a member of the Authors Guild, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.

He presently lives in coastal Maine with his wife and their dog.