David James Duncan (born 1952)[1] is an American novelist and essayist, best known for his two bestselling novels, The River Why (1983) and The Brothers K (1992).
[4] On April 30, 2008, the film rights to The River Why became the subject of a lawsuit by Duncan alleging copyright infringement, among other issues.
God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right was published in 2001.
An essay, "Bird Watching as a Blood Sport," appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1998; Duncan wrote the foreword to Thoreau on Water: Reflecting Heaven (2001).
An essay, "A Mickey Mantle Koan: The Obstinate Grip of an Autographed Baseball," appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1992.