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'''Tom McNeal''' is an American author well-known for his short stories and novels. He was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, but spent part of every summer at the farm in Northwest Nebraska where his mother grew up. After earning a BA in English at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine, he lived and worked in the region of Nebraska that inspired his critically-acclaimed novels, Goodnight, Nebraska and To Be Sung Underwater. Tom has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University and is the recipient of the James Michener prize and two California Book Awards. His short stories have been widely anthologized, and "What Happened to Tully" was the basis of the award-winning independent film: Tully (2000). His solo young adult novel, Far Far Away, which is narrated by the ghost of Jacob Grimm, was a finalist for the National Book Award and an Edgar in 2013. He has written four young adult novels in collaboration with his wife, Laura McNeal: Crooked, Zipped, Crushed, and the Decoding of Lana Morris, all published by Knopf. Tom and Laura are also the authors of a picture book: The Dog Who Lost His Bob. |
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'''Tom McNeal''' is an American author, well known for his short stories and novels. His short story ''What Happened to Tully'' was made into the movie [[Tully (film)|Tully]] in 2000. Some of his books are written in cooperation with his wife [[Laura McNeal]]. |
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Revision as of 19:07, 17 November 2014
Tom McNeal is an American author well-known for his short stories and novels. He was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, but spent part of every summer at the farm in Northwest Nebraska where his mother grew up. After earning a BA in English at UC Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing at UC Irvine, he lived and worked in the region of Nebraska that inspired his critically-acclaimed novels, Goodnight, Nebraska and To Be Sung Underwater. Tom has been a Wallace Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University and is the recipient of the James Michener prize and two California Book Awards. His short stories have been widely anthologized, and "What Happened to Tully" was the basis of the award-winning independent film: Tully (2000). His solo young adult novel, Far Far Away, which is narrated by the ghost of Jacob Grimm, was a finalist for the National Book Award and an Edgar in 2013. He has written four young adult novels in collaboration with his wife, Laura McNeal: Crooked, Zipped, Crushed, and the Decoding of Lana Morris, all published by Knopf. Tom and Laura are also the authors of a picture book: The Dog Who Lost His Bob.
Internet page: http://mcnealbooks.com/home.aspx
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