Matthew Klam

Matthew Klam (born 1964) is an American fiction writer and magazine journalist. 
"The New Yorker" named him one of the 25 best fiction writers under 40, and he has won a Guggenheim fellowship, a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for "Sam the Cat and Other Stories", a National Endowment of the Arts, a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award. His work appears in a variety of magazines, including "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "GQ", "Harper's", and "The New York Times Magazine".
Klam graduated from Hollins College and the University of New Hampshire. 