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Dave King

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born

January 01, 1955 in Meriden, Connecticut, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.davekingwriter.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Dave King holds a BFA in painting
and film from Cooper Union and an MFA in writing from Columbia University. King's debut novel, The Ha-Ha, was named one of the best books of 2005 by The Christian Science Monitor and The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and was among eighteen books included on The Washington Post list of the season's best novels. The Ha-Ha was a finalist for Book-of-the-Month Club's "Best Literary Fiction" award and the Quills Foundation "Best Debut Author" award and won King a 2006-07 Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

King's poetry has been published in The Paris Review, among other venues, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has taught English at Baruch College and cultural studies an...more

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Books by Dave King

Average rating: 4.09 · 1,547 ratings · 299 reviews · 83 distinct works

	The Ha-Ha 3.57 avg rating — 1,646 ratings — published 2005 — 29 editions	My rating:
	King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League by Dave King, Eric Duhatschek 3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Early Humans (Eyewitness Books) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Alphabet Book 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	My First Dinosaur Touch and Feel 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	My First Photography Book 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Five in a Bed 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	My rating:
	Homecoming 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Mountain Bike Experience 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	My rating:
	How Cooking Works 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:

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