

The journal he kept during that year formed the blueprint for the novel which would later become known as Fobbit.ĭavid Abrams was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Jackson, Wyoming. In 2005, he joined the 3rd Infantry Division and deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His tours of duty took him to Thailand, Japan, Africa, Alaska, Texas, Georgia and The Pentagon. He was named the Department of Defense's Military Journalist of the Year in 1994 and received several other military commendations throughout his career. He regularly blogs about the literary life at The Quivering PenĪbrams retired in 2008 after a 20-year career in the active-duty Army as a journalist. His work has also appeared in the New York Times and Salon. His short stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in Esquire, Narrative, Electric Literature, Consequence, Salamander, The Literarian, Connecticut Review, The Greensboro Review, Five Chapters, The Missouri Review, and many other places. One of his short stories, "Roll Call," was included in the anthology Fire and Forget (Da Capo Press, 2013).
It was also featured as part of B&N's Discover Great New Writers program. Louis Post-Dispatch and Barnes and Noble. David Abrams’ debut novel about the Iraq War, Fobbit, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2012 and a Best Book of 2012 by Paste Magazine, St.
