Background
Reynolds, Richard Clay was born on September 28, 1949 in Quanah, Texas, United States. Son of Jessie Wrex and Pauline (Faught) Reynolds.
Reynolds, Richard Clay was born on September 28, 1949 in Quanah, Texas, United States. Son of Jessie Wrex and Pauline (Faught) Reynolds.
Bachelor in History, University Texas, 1971. Master of Arts in English, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Modern Letters, University Tulsa, 1979.
Graduate teaching fellow University Tulsa, 1974-1977. Instructor English Tulsa Junior College, 1977-1978, Claremore (Oklahoma) College, 1977-1978. Associate professor English Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1978-1988.
Professor, novelist in residence University North Texas, Denton, 1988-1992, associate director Center Texas Studies, 1990-1992. Free-lance writer, editor, consultant, since 1992. Visiting professor, writer in resident Villanova (Pennsylvania) University, 1994, Texas Woman's University, 1991.
Judge Jesse Jones award Texas Institute Letters, 1993. Fiction judge New Texas Fiction award, 1991, 92, 93, Rice University Literature Festival First Novel award, 1993. Member, consultant Literature Initiative Task Force, Texas Commission Arts, 1992.
Reader, consultant The Whitston Press, SMU Pres, University Nevada Press, University North Texas Press, Bakersville Publications, Inc., ALE Publications. Editor, consultant Applied Earth Sciences, Inc. Lecturer various colleges, universities, organizations and workshops.
(Book by Clay Reynolds, Reynolds, Clay)
Vice president Denton Area Little League, 1990-1993. Board directors Denton Fall Baseball, Inc., 1993. Officer Ryan High School Dugout Club, 1995-1998.
Member Modern Language Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Control-Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association West, Western Writers American, Texas Institute Letters, Author's Guild, South Central Modern Language Association, Western American Lits. Association, Texas Association Creative Writing Teachers, Associated Writing Programs.
Married Julia Ann Kavanagh, January 22, 1972. Children: Wesley Eliot, Virginia Anne.