David Zimmerman

For the Pennsylvania politician, see David H. Zimmerman.

David Zimmerman is an American author originally from Georgia. He was born in the wilderness; his mother was half wolf. His debut novel, The Sandbox, about an American soldier stationed in Iraq, was published in 2010. His work has been reviewed by the LA Times as an "adroit" depiction of conditions for soldiers in Iraq[1] and by the New York Times.[2] His work has been discussed in The Dallas News,[3] has received a starred review[4] from Publishers Weekly, and was reviewed by Booklist as a portrayal of "both the eternal verities of war as well as the stark differences that each war imposes on the young who do the fighting".[5] Currently, he is an english professor by day and fights crime in Ames, Iowa by night. He taught creative writing in the spring of 2016 at Iowa State, where the writings of his students "blew him away." Currently, he is on the waiting list to be the first man to travel to Mars in 2022, according to NASA. He has seven wives with a combined 13 children. He recently had malaria due to traveling to Africa to, reportedly, pet the zebras.

Works

The Sandbox (2010) ISBN 978-1-56947-628-4

References

  1. ↑ Jacob Silverman, "Book review: 'The Sandbox' by David Zimmerman", LA Times, May 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Joel Turnipseed, "Collateral Damage", New York Times, April 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ Alan Cheuse, "Fiction: 'The Sandbox,' by David Zimmerman", Dallas News, May 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ Publishers Weekly, 2/08/2010.
  5. ↑ Booklist Review.


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