Jump to content

Ralph Cotton: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Mithel (talk | contribs)
Mithel (talk | contribs)
Line 3: Line 3:
== Biography ==
== Biography ==


He began writing in the third grade, finding it to be an escape from the school work at which he did poorly. His litterary interests at that time ranged from the pulp westerns of [[Louis L'Amour]] to the literary works of [[William Faulkner]]. Ralph Cotton attributes much of his success as a writer to his earlier careers, which inclue second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, lay minister with the [[Lutheran]] church and iron worker.
He began writing in the third grade, finding it to be an escape from the school work at which he did poorly. Ralph Cotton attributes much of his success as a writer to his earlier careers, which inclue second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, lay minister with the [[Lutheran]] church and iron worker.


He launched his writing career with [[While Angles Dance]] in 1994 which was nominated for a [[Pulitzer_Prize|Pulitzer]] prize.
He launched his writing career with [[While Angles Dance]] in 1994 which was nominated for a [[Pulitzer_Prize|Pulitzer]] prize.

Revision as of 08:57, 19 November 2006

Ralph W. Cotton is an American author working in the western genre who has written over thirty five novels since 1994.

Biography

He began writing in the third grade, finding it to be an escape from the school work at which he did poorly. Ralph Cotton attributes much of his success as a writer to his earlier careers, which inclue second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, lay minister with the Lutheran church and iron worker.

He launched his writing career with While Angles Dance in 1994 which was nominated for a Pulitzer prize.