David Flynn was born in Bemis, Tennessee, the last textile mill company town in America. He has lived in Japan, Macedonia, the Ukraine, Hawaii, and many other places, and has been both a Fulbright Scholar and a Fulbright Specialist. His writing residencies include Ireland, Israel, and a number in America. Among his jobs were reporter on a newspaper, editor of a commercial magazine, and professor at a community college. His publications have reached about 130 poems, stories, and essays worldwide. He is married with one daughter, and currently lives in Nashville, TN.