Douglas Whynott

Douglas Whynott

Douglas Whynott is an American writer who has written and published four critically acclaimed books. Whynott's first book took ten years to get published. In the meantime, he tuned pianos to make money.

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Career

He is the graduate program director and associate professor for the Creative Writing MFA Program at Emerson College. He has also taught at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Education

He received his BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also received an MFA degree from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Books published

Whynott is the author of:

  • Following the Bloom—Across America with the Migratory Beekeepers (1991)
  • Giant Bluefin (1995)
  • A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time—Joel White's Last Boat (1999)
  • A Country Practice—Scenes from the Veterinary Life (2004)

Other publications

He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Smithsonian, Discover, Islands, Outside, The Boston Globe Magazine, Reader's Digest, New England Monthly, Orion, and The Massachusetts Review.

Residence

Whynott is an eleventh-generation Cape Codder. He now lives near Hanover, New Hampshire.

Music

Douglas Whynott was founder of the Whynott Boogie Trio, a boogie-woogie trio in which he played piano.

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