David Haynes is the author of seven novels for adults and five books for younger readers.  He is an Associate Professor of English at  Southern Methodist University where he directs the creative writing program. He also teaches regularly in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for  Writers and has taught in the MFA Programs at the University of  Missouri-St. Louis, Hamline University, and at the Writer’s Center in  Bethesda, MD, and at the Writers’ Garret in Dallas.

David received a fellowship from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and  several of his short stories have been read and recorded for the  National Public Radio series “Selected Shorts.” His sixth and most recent novel is The Full Matilda. He is also the author of a series for  children called “The West Seventh Wildcats.”

For fifteen years David served as a teacher in urban schools, mostly teaching middle grades in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  He worked on numerous school reform efforts, including developing the influential Saturn  School of Tomorrow, where he served as Associate Teacher for Humanities.

He has been involved in the work of the National Board for  Professional Teaching Standards, coordinating efforts of the nation’s  finest educators to develop standards in the fields of social studies,  vocational education, early childhood education and for teachers of students whose first language is not English.  He is currently a  director of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) and is the Founder and Project Director for Kimbilio.