William Maynard Hutchins (born October 11, 1944) is an American academic, author and translator of contemporary Arabic literature.
[1] He was formerly a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
Subsequently, he moved to the University of Chicago, where in 1967 he obtained a Master of Arts in philosophy and a Ph.D. in 1971 in Near Eastern languages.
This trio of novels is widely regarded as one of the finest works of fiction in Arabic literature, and Hutchins' translation is the principal version available in English (published by Everyman's Library among others).
He has also written a number of original short stories that have been published in the journals Cold Mountain Review and Crucible.