Nathan Newman
NATHAN NEWMAN
Nathan Newman is a writer and filmmaker based in London. Their short stories have won awards including the James Knudsen Prize for Fiction, and they have been published in literary journals in the US and several anthologies in the UK. Their debut novel, HOW TO LEAVE THE HOUSE was released in 2024.
As well as writing, Nathan works as an usher at a cinema.
Here's some cool praise for How to Leave the House:
“A profound—and profoundly sidesplitting—debut … How to Leave the House is generous and witty, as bewitched by aesthetics as it is certain of the virtues of good old-fashioned compassion … I instantly flipped back and reread upon finishing” — New York Times
“How To Leave the House bursts upon the palate like drain fluid … a wild and funny ride through modern life” — Financial Times
“It is a miracle to pull off the feat of being wickedly scabrous (incurring in this reader loud snorts of laugher throughout) and managing somehow to be generous and ultimately warm-hearted too; a miracle that Nathan Newman pulls off brilliantly. What a debut.” — Stephen Fry
“Newman’s entertaining debut feels fresh and young, portraying modern life with a mixture of humor and reflection.” — Washington Post
“A really terrific, inventive and compelling read – and also very funny” — Ben Elton
“How to Leave the House marks the debut of a bold new fiction voice ... Rich with pathos and humor ... Newman certainly has something to say about the up-and-coming generation. This is a bold new voice, and one to watch.” — Associated Press
“It’s impossible not to be charmed by this big-hearted story … it's so sweet and fun — an exciting debut from an author whose assuredness and polish could easily be mistaken for that of an old pro.” — BUSTLE
“Newman debuts with a witty and endearing mosaic novel … This raucous adventure is great fun.” — Publisher's Weekly
“Nathan Newman’s debut brings together a pleasingly weird bunch of people … A very ambitious title.” — Esquire
“a witty, sprawling story about life's big changes and the things that never change, told with style and smarts by a remarkable new voice.” — Town & Country
“Original, hilarious, and moving” — High Life
“intelligent prose, insightful commentary, and compelling characters … smart and funny, a refreshing take on juvenilia and the enduring potency of art discourse.” — Kirkus
“[Newman] collects a series of idiosyncratic characters, whose lives and loves and thoughts ... build to a hilarious cacophony not unlike our own.” — Lit Hub
“How to Leave the House is fiction as friction ... a bawdy tale of the unseriousness of existence and the impossibility of knowing our neighbors” — BookPage
“And more soon!” — My US editor, probably