Dwight Yates

Dwight Yates (1942 - November 12, 2023) was an American writer and former lecturer at the University of California, Riverside. His fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Northwest Review, Zyzzyva, Western Humanities Review, Quarterly West, and Sonora Review.

Born in Helena, Montana, Yates served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania (1964–66), as a secondary school master and medical practitioner, and later as a soldier in the U.S. military. While studying in Arizona he met his wife, Nancy Carrick.

In 2007, Yates was awarded his second NEA fellowship while he continued work on a long-deferred novel.