David Anthony Durham

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David Anthony Durham
October 2012
Born	(1969-03-23) March 23, 1969 (age 55) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, associate professor
Nationality	American
Education	University of Maryland, College Park (MFA)
Website
www.davidanthonydurham.com

David Anthony Durham (born March 23, 1969) is an American novelist, author of historical fiction and fantasy.

Durham's first novel, Gabriel's Story, centered on

Acacia Trilogy. In 2016, Durham returned to historical fiction with the publication of The Risen: A Novel of Spartacus.

Born to parents of

and was an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno before leaving to write for television.

Novels

• Gabriel's Story (2001)
• Walk Through Darkness (2002)
• Pride of Carthage (2005)
• Acacia Trilogy:

1. Acacia: The War with the Mein (2007)
2. Acacia: The Other Lands
   (2009)
3. Acacia: The Sacred Band
   (2011)

• The Risen: A Novel of Spartacus (2016)

Articles and short stories

• "Those About to Die" (story), (Lowball, edited by George R. R. Martin, Tor, Summer 2014).
• "Snake Up Above", "Snake In The Hole" and "Snake On Fire" (stories), (Fort Freak, edited by George R. R. Martin, Tor, June 2011).
• "An Act of Faith" (story), (It’s All Love, edited by Marita Golden, Doubleday, February 2009).
• "Appreciation: The Green House, by
  J. Peder Zane
  , W. W. Norton, January 2007).
• "Recommendation: A Scot’s Quair, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon" (book recommendation, with commentary), (Post Road, 2005).
• "An Act of Faith" (story), (Intimacy: Erotic Stories of Love, Lust, and Marriage by Black Men, edited by Robert Fleming, Plume, February 2004).
• "The Boy-Fish" (story), (Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing, edited by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris, Harlem Moon Press, October 2002).
• "The She-Ape and the Occasional Idealist" (short story), (QWF (UK), June/July 2000).
• "One Room Like a Cave" (story), (Staple: New Writing (UK), 1998).
• "The Boy-Fish" (story), (Catalyst, Spring 1992).
• "All the Girls Love Michael Stein" (story), (
  Unfettered
  , 2013)

External links

• Author's Blog
• Various Pride of Carthage Reviews