Matt Eddy’s austere satire has made him one of America’s best-emerging storytellers.

He is a regular at storytelling events across New York and is best known for his collection of short stories, Vices & Virtues. The inspiration for Vices & Virtues draws on classical literature where the hero turns out to be evil and stories that ask the reader to judge themselves as much as the characters. 

At live events, Matt Eddy is also known to read from his collection of personal essays, The Things I Owned Ended Up Owning Me. These funny, poignant, and heartbreaking stories include his life as a criminal defense lawyer, a cat with a sneezing problem, relying on friends to move house eight times, what to do when you think your best friend has rabies in Thailand, and how best to dispose of a ham sandwich. 

Matt Eddy grew up in Australia and currently resides in New York with his wife, daughter, dog, and a menagerie of taxidermied animals, including a Raccoon with a top hat that was rescued from an Irish Bar in New Jersey. 

Vices & Virtues will be released as a podcast on Saturday, November 2, 2024.  

The Things I Owned Ended Up Owning Me will be published in 2025.