Background
Defrain, Darren C. was born on June 15, 1967 in Fairbanks, Arkansas, United States. Son of Dennis Allen and Carol Jean DeFrain.
(“With the publication of The Salt Palace, we welcome a br...)
“With the publication of The Salt Palace, we welcome a brave new voice to American fiction. Darren DeFrain is one hell of a writer. The marvel of this gritty and propulsive first novel is that DeFrain, right out of the gates, has staked claim on a wild new territory of desperate love, alienation, heartbreak, and redemption. A stranger in his own land, our hero Brian is driving across America to find himself or to lose himself, he’s not sure which. He’s got a passenger with him—Randy, a one-armed Mormon Lone Ranger, a character as memorable as any I’ve met in contemporary fiction, and there’s room for one more. So hop on in, but strap on your seatbelt and hold on to your hat. The road’s a little bumpy up ahead.” —John Dufresne, author of Deep in the Shade of Paradise
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Defrain, Darren C. was born on June 15, 1967 in Fairbanks, Arkansas, United States. Son of Dennis Allen and Carol Jean DeFrain.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science, University Utah, 1989. Master of Arts in English, Kansas State University, 1992. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Texas State University, 1995.
Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing, Western Michigan University, 2000.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in English, Bachelor of Surgery in Psychology, and a minor in Italian from the University of Utah in 1989, an Master of Arts Darren DeFrain is the author of two books of fiction. His novel The Salt Palace (2005) was nominated for several best-of-the-year lists including The Kansas City Star. DeFrain has been on faculty at Wichita State University since 2005 and is currently associate professor
(“With the publication of The Salt Palace, we welcome a br...)
Member of Modern Language Association, Associated Writing Programs.
Married Melinda Diane Munzinger-DeFrain, June 20, 1992. Children: Madchen Adelle, Ava Jane DeFrain.