David Rowell
David Rowell was born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied creative writing under James Seay, Doris Betts, Max Steele, and Marianne Gingher. As executive editor at DoubleTake Magazine and articles editor at the Washington Post Magazine, pieces he has edited and published have been re-printed in the anthologies Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Sports Writing, Best American Travel Writing, and New Stories From the South, The Year's Best. In addition, pieces Rowell has edited have won the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Award, among other distinctions. He lives with his wife and two sons in Silver Spring, Maryland.
