Stephen Dobyns

Stephen Dobyns was born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1941. He graduated from Wayne State University and held an MFA from the University of Iowa. Dobyns published thirteen books of poetry and twenty novels, including the popular Saratoga crime novels. He worked as a reporter for The Detroit News and taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, Syracuse University, and Boston University. Among his many honors and awards were fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Stephen Dobyns lived in Rhode Island with his wife and three children.