David Gates (author)

David Gates

David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist. His first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. This was followed by a second novel, Preston Falls (1998), and a short story collection, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1999). He has published short stories in Esquire magazine, Ploughshares, GQ, Grand Street, and TriQuarterly.

Until 2008, he was a senior writer in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.

He teaches in the graduate writing program at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont and at The New School in Manhattan, New York.

External links

• Ploughshares articles by or about David Gates
• Bombsite.com– Biography
• Random House– Interview with David Gates
• Salon.com– "Spiritual Chapter 11"
• New York Times, "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life", A review of Jernigan, May 24, 1991
• Salon.com - "Breaking Up With the Beats"

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Name	Gates, David
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Short description	Journalist, novelist
Date of birth	January 8, 1947
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