ZIGAL, Thomas 1948–

PERSONAL:

Born October 20, 1948, in Galveston, TX. Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1970; Stanford University, M.A., 1974.

ADDRESSES:

Agent—Bill Contardi, Brandt & Hochman Agency, 1501 Broadway, Ste. 2310, New York, NY 10036. E-mail—tom@thomaszigal.com.

CAREER:

Writer.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Austin Book Award, 1982, for Western Edge; award for best short story of 1983, Texas Institute of Letters; Violet Crown Award in fiction, Writers' League of Texas, 2006, for The White League.

WRITINGS:

fiction

Playland, Thorp Springs Press (Austin, TX), 1981.

Western Edge (short stories), Calliope Press (Austin, TX), 1982.

Into Thin Air, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1995.

Hardrock Stiff, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1996.

Pariah, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1999.

The White League, Toby Press (New Milford, CT), 2005.

other

(Editor, with Dave Oliphant) Perspectives on Photography: Essays on the Work of Du Camp, Dancer, Robinson, Stieglitz, Strand and Smithers at the Humanities Research Center, Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX), 1982.

(Editor, with Dave Oliphant) WCW and Others: Essays on William Carlos Williams and His Association with Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle, Marcel Duchamp, Marianne Moore, Emanuel Romano, Wallace Stevens, and Louis Zukofsky, Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX), 1985.

(Editor, with Dave Oliphant) Perspectives on Music: Essays on Collections at the Humanities Research Center, Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX), 1985.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Booklist, August, 1995, George Needham, review of Into Thin Air, p. 1932; November 15, 1996, Thomas Gaughan, review of Hardrock Stiff, p. 575; August, 1999, Thomas Gaughan, review of Pariah, p. 2037.

Library Journal, December, 1995, Roland Person, review of Into Thin Air, p. 161; September 1, 1999, Rex E. Klett, review of Pariah, p. 236.

People, August 14, 1995, Pam Lambert, review of Into Thin Air, p. 30.

Publishers Weekly, July 3, 1995, review of Into Thin Air, p. 51; September 30, 1996, review of Hardrock Stiff, p. 63; August 9, 1999, review of Pariah, p. 346.

online

Thomas Zigal Home Page,http://www.thomaszigal.com (November 1, 2006).