WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
formerly the Austin Writers' League
WLT
Star
Instructor
Robert Flynn
Robert
Flynn, professor emeritus, Trinity University and a native of Chillicothe,
Texas, is the author of twelve books. Seven novels: North To Yesterday;
In the House of the Lord; The Sounds of Rescue, The Signs
of Hope; Wanderer Springs, The Last Klick, The
Devils Tiger, co-authored with the late Dan Klepper, and Tie-Fast
Country. His dramatic adaptation of Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
was the United States entry at the Theater of Nations in Paris in l964
and won a Special Jury Award. He is also the author of a two-part documentary,
"A Cowboy Legacy," shown on ABC-TV, a nonfiction narrative,
A Personal War in Vietnam, an oral history When I Was Just
Your Age, two story collections, Seasonal Rain and Living
With The Hyenas, and a collection of essays, Growing Up a Sullen
Baptist. He is co-editor of Paul Baker and the Integration of
Abilities.
Flynn also contributes to The Door: "The World’s Pretty Much Only Magazine of Religious Satire." North to Yesterday received awards from the Texas Institute of Letters and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times. Seasonal Rain, was co-winner of the Texas Literary Festival Award. Wanderer Springs received a Spur Award from Western Writers of America. Living With the Hyenas received a Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Flynn’s work has been translated into German, Spanish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Malayalam, Arabic, Tamil, Hindi, Kanada, and Vietnamese. Flynn is a member of The Texas Institute of Letters, The Writers Guild of America, Marine Corps Combat Correspondents, and P.E.N. In 1998, he received the "Distinguished Achievement Award" from the Texas Institute of Letters.
Sign up for: February 20 - 22, RETREAT in Fredericksburg, Texas, FICTION WRITING
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