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David Gates (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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David Gates is the author of the novels Jernigan (1991) and Preston Falls (1998).

Achievements

David Gates was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Jernigan and for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Preston Falls. His stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards.

Biography

David Gates was born in a small Connecticut town and received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut. While in graduate school at that...

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