David Rhodes is an American novelist

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

. He has published four books. The most recent, Driftless

Driftless (novel)

Driftless a winner of the Milkweed Editions National Fiction Prize, is a novel by David Rhodes that was published in 2008. It is set in the Driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin...

, was published in 2008.

Biography

He earned a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from Marlboro College

Marlboro College

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 in 1969 and a Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts

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 degree from The Iowa Writers' Workshop

Iowa Writers' Workshop

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 in 1971. He published The Last Fair Deal Going Down (Atlantic Little Brown, 1972), The Easter House (Harper & Row, 1974), Rock Island Line (Harper & Row, 1975), and Driftless (Milkweed Editions, 2008).

In 1977, Rhodes suffered a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed

Paralysis

Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...

 from the chest down. Driftless is his first book since his return to publishing.

Rhodes lives with his wife, Edna, in rural Wonewoc

Wonewoc (town), Wisconsin

Wonewoc is a town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 783 at the 2000 census. The Village of Wonewoc is located within the town.-Geography:...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

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Works

• The Last Fair Deal Going Down (Atlantic Little Brown, 1972)
• The Easter House (Harper & Row, 1974)
• Rock Island Line (Harper & Row, 1975)
• Driftless
  Driftless (novel)
  Driftless a winner of the Milkweed Editions National Fiction Prize, is a novel by David Rhodes that was published in 2008. It is set in the Driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin...
  
   (Milkweed Editions, 2008); a novel set in the Driftless Area, in the fictional town of Words, Wisconsin

External links

• Poets & Writers article
• Radio interview on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook
• Sharma-Jensen, Geeta. "Wisconsin writer David Rhodes publishes 'Driftless'", Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 20 October 2008.
• "Driftless by David Rhodes", California Literary Review, John Holt, November 11th, 2008