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Michael Shaara

American novelist (–)

Michael Shaara (June 23, – May 5, ) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction.

Biography

Shaara was born to an Italian immigrant father[1] (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced in a similar way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated in from Rutgers University, where he joined Theta Chi, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the Korean War.

Before Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines during the s, he was an amateur boxer and police officer.

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The stress combined with cigarette smoking led to a heart attack at the early age of He managed to recover completely and later taught literature at Florida State University while continuing to write fiction. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in Shaara died of a heart attack in at the age of

Shaara's children, Jeffrey and Lila,[2] are also novelists.

In , Jeffrey Shaara established the annual Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, awarded at Gettysburg College.

Works

Novels

Short story collections

Short stories

  • "Orphans of the Void" ()
  • "All the Way Back" ()
  • "Grenville's Planet" ()
  • "Be Fruitful and Multiply" ()
  • "Soldier Boy" ()
  • "The Book" ()
  • "The Sling and the Stone" ()
  • "Wainer" ()
  • "The Holes" ()
  • "Time Payment" ()
  • "Beast in the House" ()
  • "The Vanisher" ()
  • "Come to My Party" ()
  • "Man of Distinction" ()
  • "Conquest Over Time" ()
  • " Election Day" ()
  • "Four-Billion Dollar Door" ()
  • "Death of a Hunter" ()
  • "The Peeping Tom Patrol" ()
  • "The Lovely House" ()
  • "Citizen Jell" ()
  • "Opening Up Slowly" ()
  • "Border Incident" ()
  • "Starface" ()
  • "The Dark Angel" ()

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