| 词条 | Thomas Zigal |
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Thomas Zigal is an American writer. Early lifeZigal was born in Galveston, Texas. He grew up in Texas City.[1] He attended high school in Lafayette, Louisiana and lived in New Orleans for four years in the 1980s and 1990s.[1] Zigal was a victim of Hurricane Carla, which destroyed the family home in Texas City when he was a child.[1] CareerAs of 2014, he lived in Austin, Texas.[1] RecognitionIn 2014 Zigal won the Jesse Jones Award given by the Texas Institute of Letters in the fiction category for his 2013 novel, Many Rivers to Cross.[2][3] Judges cited his "keen ear for the language of Hurricane Katrina victims, most of whom were African-Americans."[2] Many Rivers to Cross is the story of two grandfathers trying to find their common grandchildren in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.[1]Zigal is the author of the Kurt Muller Mysteries, a series of crime novels set in Aspen, Colorado, and of a literary thriller,The White League.[4][5] The White League is the first of his projected series of New Orleans novels. Many Rivers to Cross is the second novel in the series.[1] Books
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Austin author Thomas Zigal pens a novel about the days after Hurricane Katrina|last1=Gross|first1=Joe|date=28 September 2013|publisher=Austin American-Statesman}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Waddington|first1=Chris|title=Thomas Zigal wins top Texas book prize for Katrina-themed novel set in New Orleans|url=http://www.nola.com/books/index.ssf/2014/04/thomas_zigal_wins_top_texas_bo.html|accessdate=21 October 2015|publisher=The Times-Picayune|date=7 April 2014}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Galehouse|first1=Maggie|title=Winners of Texas Institute of Letters competitions|url=http://blog.chron.com/bookish/2014/04/winners-of-texas-institute-of-letters-competitions/|accessdate=21 October 2015|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=13 April 2014}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=The White League|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/thomas-zigal/the-white-league/|accessdate=21 October 2015|publisher=Kirkus|date=1 February 2005}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=The White League|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59264-115-4|accessdate=21 October 2015|publisher=Publisher's Weekly}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Galehouse|first1=Maggie|title=13 new books with a Lone Star flavor|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/columnists/galehouse/article/13-new-books-with-a-Lone-Star-flavor-5396301.php|accessdate=21 October 2015|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=11 April 2014}} 1 : Works about Hurricane Katrina |
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