Mat Johnson is a Philip H Knight Chair of Humanities at the University of Oregon.
His publications included the novels
- The Invisible Things (One World/Random House, Coming June 2022)
- Loving Day (Spiegel & Grau/Random House, June 2015)
- 2016 American Book Award Winner
- Cover of The New York Times Sunday Book Review, June 1, 2015
- Named a New York Times Notable Book
- Named one of the “Ten Best Books of the Year” by the Miami Herald
- Best of the year selection by San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Men’s Journal, The Denver Post, Slate, The Kansas City Star, Time Out New York
- Optioned by the Showtime Network
- Pym (Spiegel & Grau/Random House, March 2011)
- 2011 Dos Passos Prize Winner
- Best of the year selection by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, Salon, National Post, The A.V. Club
- Hunting in Harlem (Bloomsbury USA, Spring 2003)
- 2004 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Best Novel
- Best African American Fiction anthology selection, Bantam 2009
- Drop (Bloomsbury USA, Fall 2000)
- Discovery Great New Writers Selection
- “Best Books of 2001” selection, Progressive Magazine
the nonfiction novella
- Great Negro Plot (Bloomsbury USA, February 2007)
and the graphic novels
- Incognegro Renaissance (Dark Horse Comics, February 2018)
- Right State (Vertigo/Warner Books, August 2012)
- Dark Rain (Vertigo/Warner Books, August 2010)
- Incognegro (Vertigo/Warner Books, February 2008; 10th Anniversary Reissue, February 2018)
Johnson is the recipient of the American Book Award, the United States Artist James Baldwin Fellowship, The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, and the American Book Award. He is a regular commentator on NPR’s Fresh Air.