Daniel Stern

Daniel Stern (January 18, 1928 – January 24, 2007) was an American novelist, and professor of English in the University of Houston creative writing program. Biography Daniel Stern was raised on the Lower East Side and the Bronx in New York City. Stern was talented and adept in many areas. Before starting his career as a writer, Stern was an accomplished cellist and promising composer. After graduating from the High School of Music and Art, he earned spots in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra and played with jazz giant Charlie Parker. He served as vice president at McCann-Erickson, Warner Bros., and CBS. As a young writer, Stern and Bernard Malamud maintained a close friendship. Stern was a prolific and critically acclaimed writer. He published nine novels and three collections of short fiction and also served as the editor of Hampton Shorts. His work is celebrated for explorations of post-World War II Jewish-American life, formal experimentation in the novel, and for the innovation in the short story known as the "Twice Told Tale". His first collection of such stories, Twice Told Tales, was called a "powerful emotional experience" by Ronald Sanders of The Washington Post.