Darryl Pinckney (born 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American novelist, playwright, and essayist.
Pinckney grew up in a middle-class African-American family in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended local public schools.
[1] Some of Pinckney's first professional works were theatre texts, plays developed in collaboration with director Robert Wilson.
Pinckney has published several collections of essays covering topics such as African-American literature, politics, race, and other cultural issues.
Pinckney is gay[9] and lives with his partner, English poet James Fenton; the couple has been together since 1989.