Mattie Govan - Writer & Teacher

Mattie Govan - Writer & TeacherMattie Govan - Writer & TeacherMattie Govan - Writer & Teacher

Mattie Govan - Writer & Teacher

Mattie Govan - Writer & TeacherMattie Govan - Writer & TeacherMattie Govan - Writer & Teacher

Projects and Experience

Novel

In my novel-in-progress, the protagonist unravels her father's history, from his youth in Johannesburg as part of the Indian diaspora to adulthood as a physicist and and in his later years as a teacher and aging parent. 

Teaching

I taught in the Undergraduate Writing program at Columbia University. I regularly participate in teaching development workshops.  

Publications

Thomas McGuane interview, The Believer Winter 2025 issue.

Interview forthcoming 2026. 

Bio

I grew up in the UK and Norway and I received a BA from Dartmouth College. I received an MFA from Columbia University in Writing (Fiction). I was awarded a Dean's Travel Grant.

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