| Luke Whisnant | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | East Carolina University (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MFA) |
Luke Whisnant (born 1957) is an American novelist, short story writer and poet. His first novel, Watching TV with the Red Chinese, was published in 1992[1] and was made into a feature film in 2010.[2] Street, a poetry chapbook, was published in 1990; Down in the Flood, a collection of short stories, appeared in 2006; and Above Floodstage, an 800-line narrative poem, was published in 2014. Whisnant earned his B.A. in English from East Carolina University and his M.F.A. in creative writing from Washington University in St. Louis.[3] He is Professor of English at East Carolina University, where he also edits Tar River Poetry.[4]