David Anthony Durham (born March 23, 1969) is an American novelist, author of historical fiction and fantasy. Durham's first novel, ''Gabriel's Story'', centered on African American settlers in the

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. ''Walk Through Darkness'' followed a runaway slave during the tense times leading up to the American Civil War. ''Pride of Carthage'' focused on Hannibal Barca of Ancient Carthage and his war with the Roman Republic. His novels have twice been '' New York Times'' Notable Books, won two awards from the American Library Association, and been translated into eight foreign languages.

Gabriel's Story ''Gabriel's Story'' is a novel by American author David Anthony Durham published by Doubleday in 2001. Plot summary Durham made his literary debut with a novel which, in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy's '' All the Pretty Horses'', views th ...

Walk Through Darkness ''Walk Through Darkness'' is a 2002 novel by American author David Anthony Durham. Publication details *Written by David Anthony Durham *First published: Doubleday, United States, 2002. *Also published in Portuguese Plot summary When he l ...

and Acacia: The War with the Mein are all in development as feature films. A third book, Acacia: The Sacred Band, concludes his epic fantasy Acacia Trilogy. In 2016, Durham returned to historical fiction with the publication of ''The Risen: A Novel of Spartacus''. Born to parents of

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ancestry, Durham has lived in Scotland for a number of years. He has worked as an Outward Bound Instructor, and as a whitewater raft guide and

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instructor. After receiving an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1996, he taught at the University of Maryland and University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was the MacLean Distinguished Visiting Writer at The Colorado College and was an associate professor at Cal State University, Fresno and an adjunct professor at Hampshire College. He won the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Fiction Award in 1992, the 2002 Legacy Award for Debut Fiction and was a Finalist for the 2006 Legacy Award for Fiction. In 2009, he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He currently teaches for the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and was an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno before leaving to write for television.

Novels

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Pride of Carthage ''Pride of Carthage'' is a 2005 novel about the Second Punic War by American author David Anthony Durham. It was first published by Doubleday, in the United States, 2005. The book was translated into Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian ...

'' (2005) * Acacia Trilogy: # '' Acacia: The War with the Mein'' (2007) # '' Acacia: The Other Lands'' (2009) # '' Acacia: The Sacred Band'' (2011) * ''The Risen: A Novel of Spartacus'' (2016)

Articles and short stories

*"Those About to Die" (story), (''Lowball'', edited by George R. R. Martin, Tor, Summer 2014). *"Snake Up Above", "Snake In The Hole" and "Snake On Fire" (stories), (''Fort Freak'', edited by George R. R. Martin, Tor, June 2011). *"An Act of Faith" (story), (''It’s All Love'', edited by Marita Golden, Doubleday, February 2009). *"Appreciation: The Green House, by

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" (book recommendation, with commentary), (''The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books'', edited by

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, W. W. Norton, January 2007). *"Recommendation: A Scot’s Quair, by

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" (book recommendation, with commentary), (''Post Road'', 2005). *"An Act of Faith" (story), (''Intimacy: Erotic Stories of Love, Lust, and Marriage by Black Men'', edited by Robert Fleming, Plume, February 2004). *"The Boy-Fish" (story), (''Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing'', edited by Marita Golden and

E. Lynn Harris E. Lynn Harris ( Everette Lynn Jeter; June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books th ...

, Harlem Moon Press, October 2002). *"The She-Ape and the Occasional Idealist" (short story), (''QWF'' (UK), June/July 2000). *"One Room Like a Cave" (story), (''Staple: New Writing'' (UK), 1998). *"The Boy-Fish" (story), (''Catalyst'', Spring 1992). *"All the Girls Love Michael Stein" (story), ('' Unfettered'', 2013)

External links

Author's Blog

Various Pride of Carthage Reviews
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