D.A. Blyler

D.A. Blyler is the author of the expatriate novel Steffi’s Club (BurnhillWolf, 2003) and two published works of poetry, Shared Solitude and Diary of a Seducer (a colaboration with acclaimed painter and filmmaker Marcus Reichert). He has written for many international and online publications, including Bangkok’s The Nation, The Korean Herald, DemocraticUnderground, and 3am Magazine. His satire “The 7 Vices of Highly Creative People” is among the most widely read pieces ever published by Salon.com.

In August 2004. he launched the op-ed column “American Abroad” at RawStory.com. The column’s mixture of biting humor and informed analysis of the Bush administration and American culture quickly established Blyler as a weekly must-read among many young liberals and progressives in the run-up to the presidential elections. Blyler retired the column after the Bush victory to concentrate on a new novel.

A professional educator, as well as a writer, D.A. Blyler left the United States in 1997, after attending graduate school at Appalachian State Universtity. He taught writing at the University of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic from 1998-2000. Today he teaches English at Rajanagarindra Rajabhat University in Thailand, where he lives with his wife and daughter.