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David Morrell Author & Editor

David Morrell, a former professor of American Literature at the University of Iowa, has published sixteen novels, including First Blood, The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fifth Profession, and Extreme Denial. His critical study, John Barth: An Introduction, was published by Penn State Press.

Sandra Spanier is Associate Professor of English at Penn State University. Her previous books are Kay Boyle: Artist and Activist and two edited volumes, Life Being the Best and Other Stories by Kay Boyle and Love Goes to Press: A Comedy in Three Acts by Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles. Both she and Morrell were graduate students of Professor Young.