D. G. Myers (literary critic)

David G. Myers (February 27, 1952 – September 26, 2014) was an American writer and a renowned literary critic. He earned his PhD from Northwestern University and had been a Professor at Texas A&M and Ohio State University. He was the author of The Elephants Teach, a definitive history of creative writing. Myers died in 2014 at the age of 62 after a long battle against cancer.