William Hoffman (author)
William Hoffman (May 16, 1925-September 12, 2009) was an American writer who published thirteen novels and four books of short stories. He lived in Charlotte Court House, Virginia.
Hoffman was the recipient of the 1992 John Dos Passos Prize For Literature. In 1996 he was awarded the O. Henry Prize. In 1999 he received The Dashiell Hammett Award for the book Tidewater Blood.
His short story "Dancer," published in The Sewanee Review won the Andrew Lytle Prize.
Novels
- The Trumpet Unblown (1955)
- Days in the Yellow Leaf (1958)
- A Place for My Head (1960)
- The Dark Mountains (1963)
- Yancey's War (1966)
- A Walk to the River (1970)
- A Death of Dreams (1973)
- The Land That Drank the Rain (1982)
- Godfires (1985)
- Furors Die (1990)
- Loud and Clear (1990) - co-authored with Lake Headley
- Tidewater Blood (1998)
- Blood and Guile (2000)
- Wild Thorn (2002)
- Lies (2005)
Short Stories
- Virginia Reels (1978)
- By Land, By Sea (1988)
- Follow Me Home (1994)
- Doors (1999)
Nonfiction
- Contract Killer: The Explosive Story of the Mafia's Most Notorious Hitman Donald 'Tony the Greek' Frankos (1993)
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