David Anthony Durham was born
in New York City to parents of Caribbean descent. He grew up mostly in
Maryland, but has spent the last fifteen years on the move, jumping from East to West Coast to the Rocky Mountains, and back and forth to
Scotland and France several times. He’s married to a Scot that’s just as restless as he is, though they claim they’re settling down in Western
Massachusetts after one more move...
He is the author of a trilogy
of fantasy novels set in Acacia: The Sacred Band, The Other Lands, and The War With The Mein, as well as the historical novels Pride of
Carthage, Walk Through Darkness, and Gabriel’s Story. He’s won the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a Legacy Award, was a Finalist for
the Prix Imaginales and has twice had his books named NY Times Notable
Book of the year. His novels have been published in the UK and in
French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
and Swedish. Three of his novels have been optioned for development as
feature films.
Don’t hold it against him, but David received an
M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Maryland. He has
taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Massachusetts,
The Colorado College, for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright
Foundation, Cal State University, and at Hampshire College. He reviews
for The Washington Post and The Raleigh News & Observer, and has
served as a judge for the Pen/Faulkner Awards.
He also writes in George R. R. Martin's weird and wonderful Wild Cards universe. He feels
like the process makes him exercise a whole new set of creative muscles, and he loves the feeling.
