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{{for|the British businessman|James P. Hynes}}
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'''James Hynes''' (born August 23, 1955) is an American [[novelist]].
'''James Hynes''' (born August 23, 1955) is an American [[novelist]]. He was born in [[Okemos, Michigan]],<ref name="CAO">''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, 2004.</ref> and grew up in [[Big Rapids, Michigan]]. He currently resides in [[Austin, Texas]], where he has taught creative writing at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]].<ref name="CAO" /> He has also taught at the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/faculty/index.html |title=Writers' Workshop - The University of Iowa<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424052610/http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/faculty/index.html |archive-date=2008-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[University of Michigan]], [[Miami University]],<ref name="CAO" /> and [[Grinnell College]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/english/creative/shortcourses/ |title=Department of English: Creative Writing: Short Courses<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705215829/http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/english/creative/shortcourses/ |archive-date=2008-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hynes received a B.A. in philosophy from the [[University of Michigan]] and an M.F.A. from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref name="CAO" />▼
== Biography ==
His first novel, ''The Wild Colonial Boy,'' deals with terrorism in [[Northern Ireland]]. Hynes' three subsequent books, ''Publish and Perish,'' ''The Lecturer's Tale'' and ''Kings of Infinite Space,'' combine satire and horror. His most recent novel, ''[[Next (Hynes novel)|Next]]'', was published in 2010. His reviews and literary essays have appeared in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Boston Review]]'',<ref name="CAO" /> and the online magazine [[Salon.com]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://search.salon.com/salonsearch.php?search=%22James+Hynes%22&breadth=salon |title=Salon Search<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520160307/http://search.salon.com/salonsearch.php?search=%22James+Hynes%22&breadth=salon |archive-date=2011-05-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 1980s he wrote about television for the ''Michigan Voice'', ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'', and ''[[In These Times]]''.<ref name="CAO" />▼
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▲His first novel, ''The Wild Colonial Boy,'' deals with terrorism in [[Northern Ireland]]. Hynes' three subsequent books, ''Publish and Perish,'' ''The Lecturer's Tale'' and ''Kings of Infinite Space,'' combine satire and horror. His
==Works==
* ''The Wild Colonial Boy'' (Atheneum, 1990)
* ''Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror'' (Picador USA, 1997)
* ''The Lecturer's Tale'' (Picador USA, 2001)
* ''Kings of Infinite Space'' (St. Martin's Press, 2004)
* ''[[Next (Hynes novel)|Next]]'' (Little, Brown and Company, 2010)
* ''Sparrow'' (Picador, 2023)
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.jameshynes.com}}
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