NATHANIEL SWIFT

Nathaniel Swift (he/him) is a published author, artist, teacher, dad, and pet parent living in Chicago. He currently teaches elementary & middle school. He writes as often as he can; right now he's writing middle-grade sci-fi and mystery, time travel novels and short stories, picture books, and a bit of haiku (@haikuformykids at Bluesky and Instagram).

Nat's first published short story, BLUE SKIES, is included in the anthology The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 1. FROM NOW ON, a companion piece that tells the same story from a different point of view, is in Volume 3. Several of his flash fiction pieces were selected for publication in Bunker Squirrel Magazine. He is also working with Big Sea Books to publish his debut novel, THE FIRST KID ON MARS, about a group of kids who move to Mars and save the solar system (with help from Winnie-the-Pooh).

In a previous chapter of his life, Nat was an award-winning actor and director, and the former Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company. He has years of experience working with playwrights and ensembles, both children and adults, to develop stories.