James D. Hornfischer
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James D. Hornfischer (born 1965 in Massachusetts) is an American literary agent and naval historian.
A former editor at the publishing company HarperCollins in New York, Hornfischer is president of Hornfischer Literary Management, a literary agency in Austin, Texas.
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[edit] Professional Background
Hornfischer, a non-practicing member of the State Bar of Texas, is president of Hornfischer Literary Management, a literary agency in Austin, Texas, that represents authors of nonfiction books on a variety of subject areas, including current affairs, history, politics, biography, business, and popular science, among others. Clients include David Bellavia, James Bradley, H. W. Brands, Fred Burton, Susannah Charleson, Brandon Friedman, George Friedman, William H. Goetzmann, Don Graham, James L. Haley, Woody Holton, Annie Jacobsen, Governor Rick Perry, Ron Powers, Roy Spence and others. He is a member of the Authors Guild and the Texas Institute of Letters, and serves on the advisory board of the The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, sponsored by the Mayborn Graduate School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
[edit] Awards
- Samuel Eliot Morison Award from the Naval Order of the United States, for The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
- John Lyman Book Awards, for Ship of Ghosts
[edit] Books
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (Bantam hardcover, 2004; Bantam trade paperback, 2005) ISBN 0-553-80257-7
- Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors (Bantam hardcover, 2006; Bantam trade paperback, 2007). ISBN 0-553-80390-5
[edit] Education
Hornfischer is a 1987 graduate of Colgate University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with high honors in German. He received a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001.
[edit] In the Media
- Interview with James D. Hornfischer at the Pritzker Military Library
- Publishers Weekly: "Writing About War: This Time It's Personal"
- USA Today review of Ship of Ghosts
- Rocky Mountain News review of Ship of Ghosts
