James Hynes, Date of Birth

    

James Hynes

novelist

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1955

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About James Hynes

  • James Hynes (born August 23, 1955) is an American novelist.
  • He was born in Okemos, Michigan, and grew up in Big Rapids, Michigan.
  • He currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he has taught creative writing at the University of Texas.
  • He has also taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University of Michigan, Miami University, and Grinnell College.
  • Hynes received a B.A.
  • in philosophy from the University of Michigan and an M.F.A.
  • from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.His first novel, The Wild Colonial Boy, deals with terrorism in Northern Ireland.
  • Hynes' three subsequent books, Publish and Perish, The Lecturer's Tale and Kings of Infinite Space, combine satire and horror.
  • His most recent novel, Next, was published in 2010.
  • His reviews and literary essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Boston Review, and the online magazine Salon.com.
  • In the 1980s he wrote about television for the Michigan Voice, Mother Jones, and In These Times.

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