David Shields

For the American ice hockey defenceman, see David Shields (ice hockey) David Shields (born July 22, 1956) is an American author of fiction and nonfiction. 2Life and work David Shields was born in Los Angeles in 1956. He graduated from Brown University in 1978 with a degree in English Literature. In 1980, he received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa. From 1985 to 1988, he was visiting assistant professor at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Shields is Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington. He is also a member of the faculty in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. His work has been translated into twenty languages. Shields's first novel, Heroes, was published in 198