Thomas Hauser
Thomas C. Hauser (born 27 February 1946 in New York City, U.S.) is an American author.
He made his debut as a writer in 1978 with The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice. Horman's wife, Joyce Horman, and is parents, Edmund and Elizabeth Horman, cooperated with Hauser on the book describing both the fate of Charles and his family's quest to uncover the truth in Chile. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and adapted as Costa-Gavras's film Missing.
In 1981, he published a novel, Ashworth & Palmer, set in a fictional law firm, which was inspired by his experience as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1971 through 1977, following his graduation from Columbia Law School in 1970.
In 1981, he published the crime novel Dear Hannah (TOR Books) about a seriel killer in New York City.
In 1991 he was awarded the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award for Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, a biography of the boxer.
He is a keen follower of boxing and is a staff writer for leading boxing website www.thesweetscience.com.[1]
He is the chairman of the Boxing Writers Association of America's membership committee.[2]
Books
General Non-Fiction
- Missing
- The Trial of Patrolman Thomas Shea, Viking Press, 1980, p. 210, ISBN 0-670-73013-0 (see 1973 shooting in South Jamaica, Queens)
- For Our Children (with Frank Macchiarola), Continuum, 1985, ISBN 0826403565
- The Family Legal Companion
- Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl (with Dr. Robert Gale), Warner Books, 1989, ISBN 0446390089
- Arnold Palmer: A Personal Journey, (with Arnold Palmer) Collins Pub San Francisco, 1994, ISBN 0002554682
- Confronting America's Moral Crisis (with Frank Macchiarola), Hastings House Book Publishers, 1995, ISBN 0803893760
- Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding
- Miscellaneous
- With This Ring: Some Thoughts on Marriage (with Frank Macchiarola), AuthorHouse, 2001, ISBN 0759607664
- A God To Hope For
About Boxing
- The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
- Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
- Muhammad Ali: Memories
- Muhammad Ali: In Perspective
- Muhammad Ali & Company
- A Beautiful Sickness
- A Year At The Fights
- Brutal Artistry
- The View From Ringside
- Chaos, Corruption, Courage & Glory
- The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali
- I Don't Believe It But It's True
- Knockout
- The Greatest Sport of All
- The Boxing Scene
- An Unforgiving Sport
- Box: The Face of Boxing
- The Legend of Muhammad Ali (with Bart Barry)
- Waiting For Carver Boyd
- Boxing Is . .
Fiction
- Ashworth & Palmer
- Agatha's Friends
- The Beethoven Conspiracy
- Hanneman's War
- The Fantasy
- Dear Hannah
- The Hawthorne Group
- Martin Bear & Friends
- Mark Twain Remembers
- Finding The Princess
References
- ↑ "Thomas Hauser". Thesweetscience.com. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ http://www.bwaa.org/members.htm
External links
- Thomas Hauser - short bio at www.thesweetscience.com
- Thomas Hauser - short bio at www.fantasticfiction.co.uk
- Thomas Hauser at the Internet Movie Database
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Preceded by Paul Kimmage |
William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner 1991 |
Succeeded by Nick Hornby |