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David Haynes

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David Haynes


Genre
Literature & Fiction, Children's Books, Short Stories


David Haynes has been recognized by Granta magazine as one of America's best young novelists. The author of six critically acclaimed novels and five children's books, he is director of creative writing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

The former sixth grade teacher's short stories have been heard on "Selected Shorts" on NPR, and his novels have been recognized by the American Library Association.

--from the author profile at SMU

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Average rating: 3.53 · 1,051 ratings · 175 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Full Matilda: A Novel
3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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The Bookshop from Hell
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3.31 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Somebody Else's Mama (Harve...
3.45 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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All American Dream Dolls (H...
3.23 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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A Star in the Face of the Sky
4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Live at Five
3.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions
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Heathens
3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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“Old Man River didn't flow by, it sort of boiled by, the color and consistency of weak chocolate milk. Drink some and you would probably die.”
― David Haynes, Somebody Else's Mama
tags: chocolate-milk, metaphor, river
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“And it’s the joke of that which has caused Janet to smile. People and their foolish positive thinking: as if moving forward ever solved a thing. As if the road ahead were any better than the road you were already on.”
― David Haynes, A Star in the Face of the Sky
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