Thomas Cobb (author) explained
Thomas Cobb is an American novelist and author of the 1987 novel Crazy Heart[1] which was adapted into the 2010 Academy Award winning 2009 film Crazy Heart.[2] [3]
Life and career
Raised in Tucson, Arizona,[4] Cobb acquired an MFA from the University of Arizona. He earned a PhD from the University of Houston,[5] where he studied fiction writing with Donald Barthelme.[6] Barthelme also advised him on the writing of Crazy Heart.[7]
Cobb has taught at Eastern Arizona College and in the Arizona State Prison System. Since 1987, he has been a member of the faculty of Rhode Island College and is Professor of English and Director of Performing & Fine Arts Commission. He teaches fiction writing and literature and was the director of the program from 1987 to 2005. In 2010, he received the Rhode Island College Alumni Faculty Award.[8] [9]
Bibliography
Novels
- Crazy Heart (1987)
- Shavetail (2009)
- With Blood in Their Eyes (2012)
- Darkness the Color of Snow (2015)
Short stories
- Acts of Contrition (2003)
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Cobb, Thomas . Crazy heart . Harper & Row . San Francisco . 1987 . 0-06-015803-4 .
- News: Michael . Janusonis . 'WJL31with R.I. ties, takes 2 Academy Awards . 2010-03-07 . The Providence Journal Co . projo.com - The Providence Journal . 2010-09-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100315160927/http://artsblog.projo.com/2010/03/crazy-heart-with-ri-ties-takes-2-ac.html . 2010-03-15 .
- Web site: WGAW . 2010 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominees Announced . 2010-09-26 . 2010-01-11 . Writers Guild of America, West . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130082121/http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3904 . 2010-11-30 .
- Web site: Personal Site. 2015-10-25.
- Web site: RIC Faculty Site. 2015-10-25 . Rhode Island College.
- "The Reading Life: Jeff Bridges and ‘Crazy Heart’: Channeling Donald Barthelme?" The New York Times. January 29, 2010. Retrieved on July 31, 2010.
- News: Rourke . Bryan . Foster author's 'Crazy Heart' gets reprint now that movie is on the way . . 2009-11-22 . 2011-08-16.
- Web site: Thomas Cobb - Alumni Faculty Award . 2010-09-26 . 2010-05-17 . Rhode Island College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528074954/http://www.ric.edu/alumni/awardee_tCobb.php . 2010-05-28 .
- Web site: Alumni Awards & Honor Roll . 2010-09-26 . 2010-05-17 . Rhode Island College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101104013551/http://www.ric.edu/alumni/awards.php . 2010-11-04 .