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David McGlynn
Fiction and Nonfiction Writer

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PUBLISHED: Jul.10.2012

A Door in the Ocean

On a warm September night in 1991, in a quiet neighborhood north of Houston, Texas, David McGlynn’s closest friend and teammate on the high school swimming team is found murdered on his living room floor. As the crime goes unsolved and his friends turn to drugs and violence, McGlynn is vulnerable, rootless, searching for answers. He is drawn into the eccentric and often radical...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2008

The End of the Straight and Narrow

David McGlynn's first collection takes on the inner lives of the zealous, their passions and desires, and the ways religious faith is both the compass for navigating daily life and the force that makes ordinary life impossible. From the coastal highways of Southern California to the bayous of Houston, Texas, the stories take place against the backdrop of disaster-a landslide, a...

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Jul.11.2012

A Door in the Ocean

Published by www.npr.gov

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/11/156488950/a-door-in-the-ocean-leads-to-dar... Many of the key scenes in David McGlynn's striking new memoir, A Door in the Ocean, take place...

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About David

David McGlynn grew up in Houston, Texas, and Southern California. His story collection, The End of the Straight and Narrow, won the 2008 Utah Book Award and was named an “Outstanding Achievement” by the Wisconsin Librarians’ Association. His stories and...

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Causes David McGlynn Supports

Food for the Poor

St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation