James Hynes

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James Hynes (b. 1955) is a contemporary American novelist. He was born in Okemos, Michigan, and currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he has taught creative writing at the University of Texas. He has also taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the University of Michigan, Miami University, and Grinnell College. 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.

His first novel, The Wild Colonial Boy, deals with terrorism in Northern Ireland, but Hynes is best known for his three subsequent books, which combine satire and horror. His reviews and literary essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Boston Review, and the online magazine Salon.com. In the 1980s he wrote about television for the Michigan Voice, Mother Jones, and In These Times.

Hynes' books have been widely reviewed, including notices in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time magazine.

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The Wild Colonial Boy, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1990.
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror, Picador USA (New York, NY), 1997.
The Lecturer's Tale, Picador USA (New York, NY), 2001.
Kings of Infinite Space, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2004.