David Macinnis Gill
David Macinnis Gill is an American author who writes for young adults.
Career
Gill began his writing career by publishing short stories in small magazines, including The Crescent Review and Writer's Forum. In 2005, Scarecrow Press published his critical biography Graham Salisbury: Island Boy, a reference book intended for scholars of young adult literature. His debut novel, Soul Enchilada was published to acclaim in 2009. A second YA novel, Black Hole Sun, August 2010 has received a starred review from Booklist.Biography
Gill "has been a house painter, cafeteria manager, bookstore schleper, high school teacher, and college professor. He is represented by Rosemary Stimola of the Stimola Literary Studio.”Gill started teaching in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After teaching at two different schools around the area, he moved on to the university environment. He was an assistant professor at Ohio University in the English department before he moved to the East Coast to be an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the English education department. David has a “bachelor’s degree in English/creative writing and a doctorate in education, both from the University of Tennessee, as well as an M.ED from Tennessee-Chattanooga.” He is the Past-President of ALAN, and has written and published everything from short stories to book reviews and critical essays.
Works
Novels for Teens
Shadow on the Sun, 2013 Invisible Sun, 2012 Black Hole Sun, 2010 Soul Enchilada, 2009Novels for Adults
Tin City Tinder - A Boone Childress Novel 2014 Steel City Smithereens - A Boone Childress Novel 2014Bronzeville Blowback - A Boone Childress Novel 2014Key Lime Die - A Boone Childress Novel 2014Boy Mercury - An Antebellum Adventure 2014 Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America Praise The lord and pass the Little Debbies Novella 2020Novellas
Rising Sun, 2013Short stories
Broken Circles & Other Stories collection- "Broken Circles" – The Crescent Review
- "People's Song - Writers' Forum, v. 22, 1996, p. 66-73
Non-fiction
Graham Salisbury: Island Boy, 2005Accolades
- A 2010 ALA Best Books for Young Adults for Soul Enchilada
- A Best of 2009 by Kirkus Reviews
- 2010 Stuff for the Teen Age by New York Public Library for Soul Encilada
- 2010 Bank Street College Best Books of the Year
Interviews
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Blog
- Book Webpage