Gregory Martin is the author of MOUNTAIN CITY, a memoir of the life of a town of thirty-three people in remote northeastern Nevada. The book received a Washington State Book Award, was named a New York Times Notable Book, and was listed as one of the ten Larger-than-Life Memoirs by NPR's Morning Edition. It is often referred to by some people in Mountain City as "the book."

Martin's second book, a memoir titled STORIES FOR BOYS, was released by Hawthorne Books in Fall 2012 and was selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for Holiday 2012.

Martin's work has appeared in The Sun, The Kenyon Review, Creative Nonfiction, Storyquarterly, The Writer, Witness, and elsewhere. For his teaching achievements, Martin has received the University of New Mexico Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.