David Beaty has lived and worked in Greece, England and Brazil. A graduate of Columbia College, he earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University, where he was a recipient of the Josephine Friedman Award For Fiction. His stories have appeared in Miami Noir, Unbound Press, Having A Wonderful Time, Tigertail, and other anthologies and literary journals. His short story, “Ghosts,” was chosen for The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, and his story, The Last of Lord Jitters, received honorable mention in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007.
David’s story in the upcoming book Everything Is Broken is entitled Swimming Against the Weimaraner.