Andre Dubus
Biography
Andre Dubus
In July 1986 Dubus stopped on I-93 to help a disabled motorist and was struck by an oncoming car while managing to save the life of the woman driver of the first car. His left leg was amputated above the knee and the right leg was shattered; he spent three years in painful physical therapy and finally resigned himself to life in a wheelchair. The trauma of the accident and its aftermath caused a serious depression that stalled his writing life for many years, and Dubus writes movingly of the experience in his book of essays, Broken Vessels. Dancing After Hours, which contains the new fiction work that Dubus has produced since the story "The Colonel's Wife"--of which he says, "I broke the man's legs,"-- marked the return of his ability to write fiction.
The recipient of many prestigious awards for his writing, Andre Dubus is the father of six children and lives in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Andre Dubus
