Nathaniel Rich (born March 5, 1980) is an American novelist and essayist.
Rich attended Dalton School and is an alumnus of Yale University, where he studied literature.
[5][6] In 2013 he published Odds Against Tomorrow, which NPR's Alan Cheuse described as a "brilliantly conceived and extremely well-executed novel ... a knockout of a book.
"[7] Cathleen Schine wrote, in the New York Review of Books, "Let's just, right away, recognize how prescient this charming, terrifying, comic novel of apocalyptic manners is ... Rich is a gifted caricaturist and a gifted apocalyptist.
Rich lives in New Orleans with his wife, Meredith Angelson, and their son.