Tom de Haven has retired from the university and is returning to the writing life.

A novelist (I think he’s published 19 novels and is working on his 20th), Tom taught writing for some 38 years, most recently at Virginia Commonwealth University. I had the pleasure of taking a writing course …

I had the pleasure of attending a reading by novelist Tom de Haven of new material from the just-released Dark Horse Comics graphic novel edition of Freaks’ Amour, based on his acclaimed cult novel.

Tom’s novel, Freaks’ Amour, tells of a horrific New Jersey after a nuclear blast, where …

Tom De Haven, author of 18 books, regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review, and Professor in the VCU Department of English, will be giving the lecture, “Krazy Kat Goes to Kollege: Comics in the Curriculum (and what it means)” as the 2011-2012 Elske v. P. Smith Lecture.