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DeutschChristopher Davis (writer)
Christopher Davis (born 1953) is an American writer.[1] He is best known for his HIV/AIDS-themed novels Valley of the Shadow (1988),[2] which was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 1st Lambda Literary Awards in 1989,[3] and Philadelphia (1994), a novelization of the 1993 drama film Philadelphia.[1]
Davis also published the novel Joseph and the Old Man (1986), and the short story collection The Boys in the Bars (1989).[1]
Davis released little biographical information about himself to the media, and did not publish any further work after Philadelphia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Emmanuel S. Nelson, Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States. Greenwood Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-313-34859-4. p. 169-171.
- ^ Reed Woodhouse, Unlimited Embrace: A Canon of Gay Fiction, 1945-1995. University of Massachusetts Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1558492592. p. 221.
- ^ "1988 Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Feminist Bookstore News (Volume 12), 1989.
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