Terry Davis

For those of you wondering...

...Terry Davis is alive and well and living the life he almost lost in January. His friends and family are celebrating with him in Mankato, MN. Photo courtesy of Deb Halverson Joerg. Thanks, Deb!

GMB readings: B&N & South Central College in MN

During the week of March 19, 2012, Terry Davis and Rebecca Fjelland Davis did two readings of their stories in the Chronicle Book anthology, GIRL MEETS BOY -- one at the Mankato, MN Barnes & Noble and one at South Central College.

Becky said in her blog, "It was fun, and people seemed to both enjoy and take something from the experience. Terry was his stellar teaching self at SCC."

Writer Nicole Helget captured these images and we borrowed them from her insightful blog.

Welcome...

...to author and screenwriter Terry Davis's website. Best known for his award winning novel, VISION QUEST and its film adaptation starring Matthew Modine, Davis has been a writer and educator for more than 30 years. Retired from teaching in the MFA program at Minnesota State University in Mankato, he splits his time between Mankato and his cabin at Loon Lake, just north of Spokane, Washington. He continues to write works of traditional fiction and screenplays, most recently an adaptation of WHALE TALK by his good friend Chris Crutcher.

Visit Davis's second website HERE.

UPDATE: Davis LIVES!

The facts are clear in this photo from the Mankato Free Press (by Pat Christman). Terry Davis LIVES!

Released from St. Mary's Hospital, he is back in Mankato working hard to rehabilitate his body and his mind after a fall from a ladder threatened his life in January 2012.

For an update on his recovery and his state of mind, read the article by Robb Murray HERE.

To send Davis a get well wish, post on the Facebook page dedicated to just that end HERE.

To read about the Spokane Film Festival and actor Matthew Modine's tributes to Davis, click HERE.

New from Terry Davis...

GIRL MEETS BOY Review Excerpt, Publishers Weekly:

"The most compelling twin stories may be from Terry Davis and Rebecca Fjelland Davis, which center on a Muslim immigrant and an Iowa farm girl in love; Rafi’s story explores prejudice and being caught between cultures, while Kerry begins a protest when she learns about a hog factory that will destroy their community. This story best exemplifies a theme that runs throughout: it’s impossible to know everything someone is thinking and feeling—even when you are in a relationship together. This important idea is executed with finesse throughout."

December, 2011

GIRL MEETS BOY also got a STARRED review in Kirkus.

GIRL MEETS BOY featuring an original short story by Terry Davis. Available from Chronicle Books NOW. For more about the book, click HERE.

NEWS BRIEFS

COLLECTORS EDITIONS
...of the Eastern University Press publications of VISION QUEST, IF ROCK AND ROLL WERE A MACHINE and MYSTERIOUS WAYS. If you'd like to buy a copy of any or all of these rare books, contact Terry Davis at tdavis8036@aim.com.

GIRL MEETS BOY
...coming from Chronicle Books in January of 2012 is a collection of "he said/she said" story pairs, including a duo by Terry Davis and Rebecca Fjelland Davis. Other authors featured include Chris Crutcher, Kelly Milner Halls, Joseph Bruchac, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Terry Trueman, Rita Williams-Garcia, Ellen Wittlinger, James Howe, Sara Ryan and Randy Powell.

VOYA, June 2011
...features Don't miss Terry Davis's outspoken contribution to the June 2011 Intellectual Freedom edition of VOYA Magazine, edited by Rosemary Honnold. Freelancer Joel Shoemaker wrote the feature, NINE YA AUTHORS TALK ABOUT INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM (pages 18-25 of the digital issue available HERE). Davis was one of the nine.

AUTHOR CRAIG HANSEN
...gave Davis a shout out in a recent interview:
"I'd have to give the most credit for mentoring me directly to young adult novelist Terry Davis.He was literally been my writing mentor for both my bachelor's degree and my master's degree in English. I learned from him directly and owe a lot about how I approach writing to him.For example, it was Terry who helped me realize, in my early twenties, that I could admire Stephen King and his writing without having to write the same sort of stories, or the same genre..."

VISION QUEST REBORN?
It's possible, according to reports from E! and other online sources. TWILIGHT star Taylor Lautner (Jacob) would play the new Louden Swain. Who might be his older woman? It's anyone's guess, but read more about the possibility HERE.

TIME MACHINE & THE INVISIBLE MAN
...are classics written by H.G. Wells. Davis adapted the stories for outstanding graphic novels for Stone Arch publications. Read more about them HERE andHERE.

THANKS BLAKE!
"Last week I was presenting at the Young Writers’ and Artists’ Conference in Mankato. One person I had to make sure to see was Terry Davis, author of Vision Quest. He was one of my fiction writing professors at MSU, M. I actually helped him clean out a pole shed of old motorcycle parts (he also wrote If Rock ‘n’ Roll Were a Machine, a story about a teen getting his first motorcycle). My reward for all the hard work (right)."