James Hynes (born August 23, 1955) is an American

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Biography

Hynes was born in Okemos, Michigan,''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, 2004. and grew up in Big Rapids, Michigan. He currently resides in

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, where he has taught creative writing at the

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. He has also taught at the

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, the

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, and Grinnell College. Hynes received a B.A. in philosophy from the

and an M.F.A. from the

at the

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. His first novel, ''The Wild Colonial Boy,'' deals with terrorism in

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. Hynes' three subsequent books, ''Publish and Perish,'' ''The Lecturer's Tale'' and ''Kings of Infinite Space,'' combine satire and horror. His most recent novel, ''

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'', was published in 2010. His reviews and literary essays have appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Boston Review'', and the online magazine ''

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''. In the 1980s he wrote about television for the ''Michigan Voice'', ''

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'', and '' In These Times''.

Works

* ''The Wild Colonial Boy'' (Atheneum, 1990) * ''Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror'' (Picador USA, 1997) * ''The Lecturer's Tale'' (Picador USA, 2001) * ''Kings of Infinite Space'' (St. Martin's Press, 2004) * ''

'' (Little, Brown and Company, 2010)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hynes, James 20th-century American novelists Novelists from Michigan University of Texas at Austin faculty University of Michigan faculty Miami University faculty University of Iowa faculty University of Iowa alumni University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni University of Michigan fellows Grinnell College faculty Writers from Austin, Texas 1955 births Living people Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni People from Big Rapids, Michigan 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Believer Book Award winners People from Okemos, Michigan 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Texas Novelists from Ohio Novelists from Iowa