Timothy Egan Explained
Timothy P. Egan (born November 8, 1954) is an American author, journalist and former op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Egan has written nine books. Egan, a third-generation Westerner, lives in Seattle.
His first book, The Good Rain, won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award in 1991.[2] For The Worst Hard Time, a 2006 book about people who lived through the Great Depression's Dust Bowl, he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction[3] [4] and the Washington State Book Award in History/Biography. His book on the photographer Edward Curtis, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, won the 2013 Carnegie Medal for Excellence for nonfiction. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America (2009)[5] is about the Great Fire of 1910, which burned about three million acres (12,000 km2) and helped shape the United States Forest Service. The book describes some of the political issues facing Theodore Roosevelt. For this work he won a second Washington State Book Award in History/Biography[6] and a second Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.[7]
In 2001, The New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series to which Egan contributed, "How Race is Lived in America".[8] [9]
Awards and honors
- 1991 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, The Good Rain[2]
- 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, "How Race is Lived in America" (contributor)[8]
- 2006 National Book Award for Nonfiction, The Worst Hard Time[3]
- 2006 Washington State Book Award in History/Biography, The Worst Hard Time
- 2010 Washington State Book Award in History/Biography, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America[6]
- 2010 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America[7]
- 2013 Chautauqua Prize, winner, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher[10]
- 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, winner, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher[11] [12] [13]
- 2024 Notable Book. American Library Association, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them.[14]
Writings
Notes and References
- Author biography. Random House. December 19, 2010.
- Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. 1991 Book Awards. February 2, 2011.
- https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2006 "National Book Awards – 2006"
- 2006 National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction. The National Book Foundation. February 24, 2009.
- 10.5403/oregonhistq.111.3.0396 . Ostler, Jeffrey . Review of The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan. Oregon Historical Quarterly. 111. 3. Fall 2010. 396–98. 10.5403/oregonhistq.111.3.0396 .
- News: 'Border Song' and 'The Big Burn' among 2010 Washington State Book Awards. September 10, 2010. The Seattle Times. February 2, 2011.
- Web site: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. 2010 Book Awards. February 2, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100111072345/http://www.pnba.org/awards2010.htm. January 11, 2010. mdy-all.
- http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/National-Reporting "National Reporting"
- News: Contributor biography. The New York Times. February 24, 2009. Timothy. Egan.
- News: Timothy Egan wins Chautauqua Prize for "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher". Washington Post. Ron Charles. Ron Charles (critic). May 15, 2013. September 26, 2013.
- Book: Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Booklistonline.com. Bill Ott. June 30, 2013. March 17, 2014.
- Web site: 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Library Journal. Annalisa Pesek. July 3, 2013. March 17, 2014.
- Web site: ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals. Publishers Weekly. April 22, 2013. March 17, 2014.
- Moore, Ninah. 2024 Notable Books List Announced: Year’s Best in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. January 20, 2024.
