David B. Lentz (edit name/settings)

Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, David B. Lentz graduated from Bates College and has written professionally for more than 35 years.

He has published six novels: "For the Beauty of the Earth", "AmericA, Inc.", "Bloomsday", "Bourbon Street", "The Day Trader" and "The Silver King."

In addition, he has published two stage plays, "Bloomsday: A Tragicomedy" and "AmericA, Inc.: A Stage Play", as well as a volume of poetry, "Old Greenwich Odes."

He introduced a new model of critical literary theory for reviewing novels in his book, "Novel Criticism."

Selected excerpts from his collection of literary works among his novels, stage plays and poetry are available in "Essential Lentz."

Lentz has lived in the Garden District of New Orleans, Boston's Back Bay, Houston, Philadelphia's Main Line and Greenwich, Connecticut.

He has served Bates College as an Alumnus-in-Admissions (18 years), Stamford-Greenwich Literacy Volunteers of America, Midnight Run for New York City Homeless, Healing the Children Northeast, Inc. (Board), Hurricane Katrina JazzAid: New Orleans, Hope + Heroes Children's Cancer Foundation, St. Baldricks Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and as a Volunteer in St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero. He is a member of the Academy of American Poets and the Connecticut Association of Authors and Publishers.