Morgan Thomas is a writer from the Gulf Coast. Their debut story collection, Manywhere, was published by MCD-FSG and was a finalist for multiple awards. Their second book, Mad Eden, is forthcoming in June 2026. Their stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, The Atlantic, American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere.
They were the recipient of Lambda Literary’s Judith Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ+ Writers and are also grateful for support from the Black Mountain Institute, the Southern Studies Fellowship, MacDowell, Hawthornden Castle, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
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