Timothy P. Egan (born November 8, 1954) is an American author,

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and op-ed columnist for ''

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'', writing from a

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perspective. Egan has written nine books. His first, ''The Good Rain'', won the

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in 1991. For '' The Worst Hard Time'', a 2006 book about people who lived through the Great Depression's

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, he won the

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"National Book Awards – 2006"

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; retrieved March 24, 2012. and the

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in History/Biography. ''The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America'' (2009) is about the Great Fire of 1910, which burned about three million acres (12,000 km²) and helped shape the

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. The book describes some of the political issues facing

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. For this work he won a second Washington State Book Award in History/Biography and a second Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. In 2001, ''The New York Times'' won a

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

for a series to which Egan contributed, "How Race is Lived in America"."National Reporting"
''Past winners & finalists by category''. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 24, 2012. Egan lives in Seattle. He is a weekly op-ed writer for ''The New York Times''.

Awards and honors

*2013 Chautauqua Prize, winner, ''Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher'' *2013

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, winner, ''Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher''

Works

* * * * * * * * '' The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero''. 2016. *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, Timothy Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners National Book Award winners Living people University of Washington alumni Writers from Seattle The New York Times Pulitzer Prize winners 1954 births