Thomas Sanchez (writer)
Thomas Sanchez (born 1943) is an American novelist and film director. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship [1] and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Republic.
Life
Thomas Brown Sanchez was born at the Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, California three months after his father was killed in the South Pacific during World War II.
His first novel, Rabbit Boss, was named one of the 100 Greatest Western novels by the San Francisco Chronicle.[2] Sanchez is published by Knopf/Vintage at Random House.[3]
Works
Novels
- Rabbit Boss (1973)
- Zoot-Suit Murders (1978)
- Mile Zero (1989)
- Day of the Bees (2000)
- King Bongo (2003)
- American Tropic (2013)
Films
References
- ^ http://www.gf.org/fellows/12837-thomas-sanchez
- ^ "The Best in the West / TOP 100 FICTION - SFGate". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco: Hearst. November 21, 1999. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ http://www.randomhouse.com/author/26817/thomas-sanchez
- ^ http://www.sesama.com/keep.html
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (March 16, 2011). "Film Forum to Honor the Director Jack Garfein - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. New York: NYTC. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
External links
- 1989 Interview with George Murphy in Littoral, the journal of the Key West Literary Seminar
- Author website
- Wired for Books interview with Don Swaim
- Works by Thomas Sanchez at Open Library
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