David Shafer (author)
{{short description|American author}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = David Shafer
| birth_name = David J.C. Shafer
| birth_date =
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| alma_mater = Harvard College
Columbia School of Journalism
| occupation = Novelist
| genre = Fiction
| nationality = American
| image = Davidshafer.JPG
| caption = David Shafer (photo by Patrick Abbey, 2014)
}}
David J.C. Shafer is an American author. His first novel Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was published by Mulholland Books on August 5, 2014. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Irish Times, The Harvard Crimson, The Daily Beast, Willamette Week and Portland Monthly.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Harvard College and the Columbia School of Journalism.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Maybe There’s a Whole Other Internet ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ May Be the Novel of the Summer|first=Dwight|last=Garner|authorlink=Dwight Garner (critic)|date=August 5, 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/books/book-review-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-may-be-the-novel-of-the-summer.html}} He has lived in Dublin and Buenos Aires. David Shafer now lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, daughter and son.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/a-scandal-at-the-c-i-a-maybe/#more-153989/ A Scandal at the C.I.A. Maybe.]
- [http://www.salon.com/2014/08/31/i_wish_id_loved_my_dog_more_teenage_nostalgia_first_loves_and_pining_for_the_wrong_past/ I wish I’d loved my dog more: Teenage nostalgia, first loves, and pining for the wrong past]
- [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/08/amazon-s-fight-with-hachette-strands-an-author-in-the-crossfire/ Amazon's Fight With Hachette Strands an Author in the Crossfire]
- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/12/14/roths-latest-tells-compelling-story-of/ Roth's Latest Tells Compelling Story of Hormonal Misanthrope]
- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/2/1/rushdie-stuns-with-last-sigh-psalman/ Rushdie Stuns with Last Sigh]
- [http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-285-dream_academy.html Wweek.com]
- [http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3756-the_day_the_music_died.html Wweek.com]
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Writers from Portland, Oregon
Category:American male novelists
Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Novelists from Oregon
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