David Haynes

David Haynes is the author of eight books for adults and five books for younger readers.  He is an emeritus professor of English at Southern Methodist University, where he directed the creative writing program for ten years. From 1996 through 2024 he taught regularly in MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.  Several of his short stories have been read and recorded for the National Public Radio series “Selected Shorts.” His most recently new novel is A STAR IN THE FACE OF THE SKY, and in 2023 he published a 30^th anniversary edition of RIGHT BY MY SIDE as part of the Penguin Classic series. His new book is a collection, MARTHA’S DAUGHTER: A NOVELLA AND STORIES. David serves as Board Chair for Kimbilio, a community of writers and scholars committed to developing, empowering and sustaining fiction writers from the African diaspora and their stories.

• On the American Heritage Trail
• An Introduction to Kimbilio
• David Haynes in Conversation with Karen Tucker about his new book “Martha’s Daughter”