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1.    Publications

  1. Non-fiction:
  2. 1.  "On the Question of Integrating Young-Adult Literature into the Mainstream," The ALAN Review, Vol. 24, Spring 1997
    1. "A Healing Vision," English Journal, Vol. 85, No. 3, March 1996
    2. "Literature Tells Our Family Secrets," English Journal, Vol. 83,
  3. No. 8, Dec. 1994
    1. "The Author of Vision Quest Responds to "Hidden Secrets," English
  4. Journal, Vol. 81, No. 5, Sept. 1992
    1. "My Favorite Road," Seattle Weekly, 27 Aug. 1985
    2. "The Jones Family: High Country People," Spokane Magazine, Dec. 1981

 

  1. Davis/Curriculum Vitae   2 
    1. "Fast Money: Gary Owens' Kentucky Derby Dream," Spokane Mag., Aug. 1981
    2. "A Portrait of the Artist Robert Banger," Spokane Magazine, Aug. 1980
    3. "Wesley Erks of Davenport" (commentary on John Keeble's Yellowfish),
  2. Spokane Magazine, Nov. 1980
    1. "First Novels," Library Journal, Oct. 1979
    2. "As I Did It," Sports Illustrated, 8 May 1978
    3. "A Swimmer of Dire Straits," Sports Illustrated, 3 Feb. 1975

 

  1. Short Fiction:
  2. "Unaccompanied Minor," Northfield Magazine, Vol. 4, No.1, 1990
  3. 2.  "Funny Tissue," The Uncommon Touch, Anthology of Fiction and Poetry          from the Stanford Writing Workshop, 1989
  4. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," Woman (England), 22 Jan. 1983
  5. "Eldorado," Redbook, May 1982
  6. "The Paper Bombs," Spokane Magazine, Aug. 1980
  7. "As I Saw It," Sports Illustrated, 27 Dec. 1975
  8. "Fond Links to the Sausage Man," Sports Illustrated, 14 April 1975
  9. "As I Did It," Sports Illustrated, 6 Nov. 1974
  10. 9.  "The Snake, My Friend Immanuel Snakeburden," College English, April          1974
  11. 10. "How My Family Got Its Name," Mississippi Valley Review, Spring, 1973
  12. 11. "The Devil's Workshop," Black Swan, May 1972

 

  1. Novels:
  2. If Rock and Roll Were A Machine, Delacorte Press, 1993
  3. Mysterious Ways, Viking Press, 1984, reprint 2002 
  4. Vision Quest, Viking Press 1979, reprint 2001    

 

  1. Screenplays:
  2. Playing Ball (adapted from the novel The Man Who Wanted to Play Center
  3. Field for the New York Yankees), Redwood Productions, 1984
    1. Grapplers (adopted from the novel Vision Quest), Redwood Prod., 1983
       
  4. Critical Biography:
  5. 1.  Presenting Chris Crutcher, Twayne's United States Authors Series,            Twayne Publishers, 1997
     
  6. Terry Davis
  7. List of publications since 1990:
     
  8. Non-fiction:
  9. "Literature Tells Our Family Secrets," English Journal, Vol. 83,
  10. No. 8, Dec. 1994
    1. "The Author of Vision Quest Responds to "Hidden Secrets," English
  11. Journal, Vol. 81, No. 5, Sept. 1992
     
  12. Short fiction:
  13. "My Blue Hand," Burnt Aluminum, 1995
  14. "Unaccompanied Minor," Northfield Magazine, Vol 4., No. 1, 1990
     
  15. Novels:
  16. If Rock and Roll Were a Machine, Delacorte Press, 1993
     
  17. Novels under contract:
  18. The Silk Ball, Delacorte Press
  19. A Year In My Father's Country, Delacorte Press

 

  1. Critical biography under contract:
  2. Presenting Chris Crutcher, Twayne United States Authors Series, Twayne Pu

EDUCATION:  Stanford University (Stegner Fellow), 1974-75

            Master of Fine Arts, The University of Iowa, 1973

            BA, BA-Ed., Eastern Washington State College, 1969

 

HONORS:  American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults

         In the Last Quarter Century: Vision Quest, 1995;

         New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age: If Rock and

         Roll Were A Machine, 1994

         American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults:

         If Rock and Roll Were A Machine, 1993

         Association for Library Service to Children Best Books for

         Young Adults: If Rock and Roll Were A Machine, 1993

         Distinguished Alumni Award, Eastern Washington U., 1984

         Governor's Award for the Arts, State of Washington, 1980

         American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults: Vision

         Quest, 1980

         American Book Award nomination: Best First Novel: Vision Quest,

         1980

         Wallace Stegner Literary Fellowship, Stanford University, 1974-75

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:  Mankato State University, 1986-

                      Shadle Park High School, Spookane, WA, 1985-86

                      Gonzaga University, 1984-86

                      Eastern Washington University, 1981-82

                      The University of Idaho, 1981

                      East Carolina University, 1976-80

                      Association Culturelle Franco-Americaine, 1975-76

                      Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro, 1970-71, 73-74

                      Monroe High School, Monroe, WA, 1969-70

 

LANGUAGES:  French: fair speaking and reading knowledge

            Portuguese: speaking and reading knowledge now fading 

 

 

 


Terry Davis, 2004

26th Anniversary Edition

A biography by Terry Davis.

Davis smooches Snickers at Loon Lake, near Spokane, Washington (July 2001).

2003 Edition

Also by Terry Davis.

New edition cover, 2002.

Also by Terry Davis.

"Vision Quest," the movie, available from Warner Home Video.

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