Draft:George Michelsen Foy

George Michelsen Foy (born December 14, 1962) is an American author who has taught creative writing at New York University since 1999.

Writing in both English and French, Foy has written 14 novels and three works of non-fiction, some published under the names George Foy, Georges Foy, and G. F. Michelsen. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship.

Early life
Foy was born December 14, 1962, in Barnstable, Massachusetts. He holds a Baccalauréat from the University of Caen Normandy, a BSc. from the London School of Economics, and an MFA from Bennington College. In his 20s he received a Limited Master Credential from the US Coast Guard; Foy subsequently worked on British freighters, captained a Cape Cod fishing boat, and covered waterfront affairs for the Cape Cod Register.

Career
His first novel, Asia Rip, was published by Viking in 1984.

Foy's essays and fiction have appeared in Rolling Stone, Harper's, Men's Journal, The New York Times, Slate, Salon, Poets & Writers, and other publications. A futuristic novel, The Shift, was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award in 1998. Of his 2003 novel, Hard Bottom, Booklist wrote, "[his] characters are vivid and down to earth, his prose is both potent and elegant." Foy's short stories and poems have won awards from Epiphany, F(r)iction Magazine, Fiction Factory, the Gouveia Poetry Foundation, and others. Economic injustice and technological chaos are recurring themes in Foy's fiction.

Foy was a founding member of the performance group Flashpoint. He writes the "Shut Up and Listen" blog for Psychology Today.

The Last Green Light, a novel featuring invisible working-class characters in The Great Gatsby, will be published by Guernica Editions in May 2024.

Personal life
He lives on Cape Cod and in New York City.