Writing Credits
Books
For more detailed descriptions of David Selby's books, including
ordering information, please visit the
Books section of the site.
| Title |
Brief Description |
Year |
| The Blue Door |
Love and politics square
off in one woman's inspirational fight to save the southern
Appalachian Mountains |
2010 |
| My Shadowed Past |
David's reflections on Dark
Shadows |
2010 |
| Lincoln's Better Angel |
The fictional story of a
meeting between Abraham Lincoln and Vietnam veteran Charles
Higgins |
2007 |
| A Better Place |
A tribute to West Virginia;
part memoir and part social commentary |
2005 |
| Happenstance |
Collection of poems |
2001 |
| My Mother's Autumn |
Collection of poems written
in tribute to his mother following her death; a compact disc of
David reading the poems is also available |
2000 |
| In and Out of the
Shadows |
Career photo retrospective
with poems |
1999 |
Plays
| Title |
Notes |
| An Appalachia Tragedy |
Staged reading in
Charleston, WV in 2010 |
| Final Assault |
Performed in 2003 in
Charleston, WV. Directed by his son, Jamison Selby. Staged
reading at Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights in 2004 |
| Lincoln and James
|
David appeared in the role
of Abraham Lincoln in performances in New York, NY, Charleston,
WV, and Washington, D.C. in 1997-1999. |
| Where's Nova Scotia?
|
Staged reading in 1998 |
Articles / Opinion Pieces
| "Twilight at the White House." Rev. of Abraham Lincoln,
Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith. America's Civil
War Nov. 2010: 62-64. |
| "Obama Embodies Our Hope of Mending Fences." Editorial.
Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, WV) 19 Oct. 2008. |
| "The Mythology of West Virginia." Traditions: A Journal
of West Virginia Folk Culture and Education Awareness 8
(2003): 42+. |