Donald Gallinger

Donald Gallinger
Donald Gallinger
Born	May 4, 1953 Norwich, Connecticut , USA
Occupation	Novelist, Short story writer
Genres	Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
Influences The Beatles
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Donald Nelson Gallinger (born May 4, 1953) is an American writer. He is the author of several novels. His most recent work, The Master Planets (2008),^[1] which received strong reviews in Booklist, Jewish Book World, and ForeWord Magazine,^[2] tells the story of one Polish partisan fighter’s savagery during World War II and its devastating effects on her American family years later. Centering on the fictional woman’s teenage son, a Rock & Roll wunderkind, the novel seeks to show how the unknown past can reach into the unwary present and alter it forever.

Biography

Early life

Born and raised in Norwich, Connecticut, Gallinger grew up hearing first-hand stories of World War II partisan fighters from friends of his parents. These stories, absorbed during childhood, possibly inspired a more scholarly interest in the politics of resistance later captured in The Master Planets. Prior to writing the book, Gallinger studied source materials at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, and from real-life accounts in books like The Bielski Brothers, The Avengers, and A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust. His love of Rock & Roll also permeates The Master Planets. He watched the first live American television appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, and is an extremely knowledgeable classic rock discographer.

Education and adult life

Don received his BA English from Connecticut College, his MA (English) from Rowan University, and his Doctorate (Education) from Rutgers University. For 25 years he has taught high school English in Southern New Jersey. He is retiring this year. Don’s the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Dodge Foundation, and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation (which funded his study of source materials at the U.S. Holocaust Museum).^{[citation needed]} He lives in New Jersey, with his wife. His first completed novel, Ain’t No Sin to Rock and Roll, was optioned for film by Miles Chapin.^{[citation needed]} His second, Tina’s ’68 Mustang, is under revision. The Master Planets is Don’s third completed novel. Currently he is working on his next novel, Stupid School, and a collection of short stories.^[3]

External links

• Donald Gallinger's Official Web Site
• ForeWord Magazine - An Interview with Donald Gallinger
• Booklist and Jewish Book World - reviews
• ForeWord Magazine - review

References

1. ^ Gallinger, Donald (2008). The Master Planets. Kunati. ISBN 978-1601641595. 
2. ^ Morris, Edward (2008). ^[dead link] "Review of Donald Gallinger's The Master Planets". ForeWord Magazine. http://www.forewordmagazine.com/reviews/viewreviews.aspx?reviewID=4360^{[dead link]}. Retrieved 2008-11-25. "Gallinger deftly orchestrates this clash be-tween [sic] the glitzy, egocentric rock world that first enchants Peter and the grim, self-sacrificing world his mother was forced to confront, without distorting or minimizing the significance of either. With smooth shifts from the balmy Jersey shores to the frozen Polish forests, this intriguing tale reads like a movie in embryo." 
3. ^ "Meet author Donald Gallinger". Donald Gallinger official website. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608003350/http://www.donaldgallinger.com/meet-author-donald-gallinger.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 

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Name	Gallinger, Donald
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Date of birth	May 4, 1953
Place of birth	Norwich, Connecticut , USA
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