David Anthony Durham is the author of the epic fantasy novel Acacia: The War With The Mein (Doubleday/Anchor, 2007), a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, as well as the historical novels Pride of Carthage (Doubleday/Anchor, 2005), Walk Through Darkness (Doubleday/Anchor, 2002) and Gabriel's Story (Doubleday/Anchor, 2001), a New York Times Notable Book, winner of the 2002 Legacy Award, the 2002 Alex Award, and the First Novel Award from the American Library Association. His work has been published in the UK and in French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish versions. Three of his novels are currently under option for development as feature films. He's not sure where he lives—hasn't been for about ten years. He has one foot in California, one in rural Massachusetts and his heart thumps for Scotland. He can confirm that he teaches writing at Cal State University in Fresno and for the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program. He is married to a lovely woman from the Shetland Isles, the knitwear designer Gudrun Johnston (http://shetlandtrader.blogspot.com/), and they have two children, Maya and Sage.