Kalle Mattila

NY Times Modern Love, The Atlantic

Kalle Oskari Mattila is a Finnish writer living in New York City. His personal essays and narrative journalism have appeared in The New York Times Modern Love column, The New York Times Metropolitan Diary, The Atlantic, and Monocle. He has held managerial positions at Penguin Press in London – one of the most prestigious nonfiction imprints in publishing – and at Finland’s leading independent think tank, Demos Helsinki. He previously taught nonfiction writing at Columbia University.

“Kalle managed time really well so that he was giving us new lecture / information, but also leaving time for feedback for each person, and that time is equally divided up. His feedback is amazing - just what you need to get to the next draft. He pushes but is also really kind. The course was also structured really well so that we were making progress each week, at a pace that varied and made sense.”