David Wright (writer)

David Wright
David Wright
	Wright at the 2016 Texas Book Festival.
Born	1964
Occupation	Professor, writer
Language	English

David Wright (born 1964) is an American writer.

Early life and education

Wright grew up in Borger, Texas. He holds a BA from Carleton College and an MFA from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also studied at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Before he started teaching creative writing, he was a player/coach on various American football teams in Paris and London. He teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He has also published under the name "David Wright Faladé", in honor of his biological father.[1]

Bouchar, Luc; Wright, David (April 12, 2016). Away Running. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Books. ISBN 978-1-4598-1048-8. OCLC 913176274.[2][3][4][5]
Wright, David; Zoby, David (2002). Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515484-3. OCLC 49284293.[6][7][8][9]

"The Pea Island Story", co-written and co-produced with Stephanie Frederic and David Zoby. Aired on BET Tonight, February 1999.

2017: International Board on Books for Young People, grades 9–12, Away Running[11]
2011: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.[12]
2009: North Carolina Humanities Council, Large Grant, for production of Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers.
2005: Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, University of Texas and the Texas Institute of Letters.
2004: Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writers’ Conference.
2000: National Association of Black Journalists, Salute to Excellence Award, First Prize for a Television Feature News-Story, "The Pea Island Story".
1999: National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute for College and University Faculty Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, "The Civil Rights Movement: History and Consequences".
1997–1998: Chancellor’s Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, Afro-American Studies and Research Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1994: Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Fairfax, VA.
1993: Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship, Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic, Connecticut.

Leyshon, Cressida. "David Wright Faladé on Complicated Backstories". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
Dror, Stephanie (March 21, 2016). "Away Running". Quill & Quire. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Huenemann, Karyn (February 1, 2016). "Away Running (review)". Resource Links (Society for Canadian Educational Resources). 21 (3): 18–19.
Krieger-Munday, Courtney (April 2016). "Wright, David, and Luc Bouchard. Away Running". Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA). 9 (1): 69.
Bouchard, Luc (October 1, 2016). "Away Running". School Library Journal. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Yardley, Jonathan (July 29, 2001). "Review of Fire on the Beach". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
Steelman, Ben (July 22, 2001). "Review of Fire on the Beach". Wilmington Star News. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Gill, Leonard (October 9, 2001). "Operation Rescue". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Stover, Douglas (2008). "Pea Island Life-Saving Station" (PDF). NPS History.
Kozak, Catherine (January 10, 2010). "Film to shine spotlight on black surfmen of Pea Island". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
Johnson, Holly (January 31, 2017). "Outstanding International Books: Presenting the 2017 USBBY Selections". School Library Journal. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
"David Wright". Fulbright Scholar Program. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

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