David Wright Faladé is a professor of English at the University of Illinois and the author, most recently, of the novel The New Internationals. His previous books include, the novel Black Cloud Rising, the young adult novel Away Running, and the narrative history Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers, which was a New Yorker notable selection and a St. Louis-Dispatch Best Book of 2001. The recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, he has written for the New Yorker, the Village Voice, the Southern Review, Newsday, and others.
Awards: Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award (Finalist, Award for College Writers)
Communities: African American, Mixed Race
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