Jeff Shaara

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American novelist (born 1952)

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nameJeffrey Shaara
imageJeff Shaara 2014.jpg
captionShaara at a book signing in 2014
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birth_placeNew Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
occupationNovelist
alma_materFlorida State University
genreHistorical fiction
notableworksGods and Generals, The Last Full Measure
relativesMichael Shaara (father)
website
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Jeffrey M. Shaara (born February 21, 1952) is an American novelist and the son of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara.

Biography

Jeffrey Shaara was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and grew up in Tallahassee, Florida. He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 with a degree in Criminology and lives in Gettysburg.

He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels. Jeff followed his father's footsteps upon the latter's death, writing historical fiction and documenting the American wars and their most historically relevant characters. In total, Jeff has written fifteen New York Times bestselling novels.

Jeff delivered the commencement speech at the University of Delaware's 2005 undergraduate ceremony. Jeff has deemed this "one of the most important moments in his life."

He completed a trilogy in 2010 about World War II in the European and North African theaters. A fourth World War II novel, titled The Final Storm, covers the end of the war in the Pacific, and was released on May 17, 2011.

Awards

Shaara received the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2022 for The Eagle's Claw, in 2018 for The Frozen Hours, in 2005 for To The Last Man: A Novel of The First World War, and in 1997 for Gods and Generals. The American Library Association's Reference and Users Services Association recognized The Steel Wave as a 2009 Notable Book.

He has also been awarded the Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement, New York Civil War Round Table's "Bell I. Wiley Awar, and Florida State University's Artes Award as a Distinguished Alumnus. In 2011, Shaara was inducted into the FSU College of Criminology Hall of Fame and awarded FSU's first annual Distinguished Writer's Award.

Film adaptations

In 2003, Warner Brothers made the major motion picture Gods and Generals, which was based on his book of the same title.

Works

  • Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America's Hallowed Ground (2006)

Novels

References

References

  1. "CNN - Like father, like son - July 14, 1998".
  2. "Author Q&A: Jeff Shaara". The Clarion Ledger.
  3. "Jeff Shaara {{!}} Penguin Random House".
  4. (2017-05-28). "Bookmarks Presents Jeff Shaara, Best-Selling Military Author - Salisbury Post". Salisbury Post.
  5. "Jeff's Bio {{!}} Jeff Shaara".
  6. (June 30, 2005). "Commencement speaker felt 'part of UD family'". University of Delaware.
  7. "The Final Storm: A Novel of World War II in the Pacific (World War II: 1939-1945 #4)". [[Goodreads]].
  8. (May 25, 2022). "'The Eagles Claw' by Jeff Shaara wins the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction".
  9. CMALDEN. (8 May 2018). "'Frozen Hours: A Novel of Korean War' by Jeff Shaara wins 2018 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction".
  10. "W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction {{!}} Awards & Grants".
  11. "W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction {{!}} Awards & Grants".
  12. "Awards and Honors".
  13. "lincolnforum {{!}} Richard Nelson Current Award".
  14. "Civil War Round Table of New York {{!}} Bell I. Wiley Award".
  15. "Vires, Artes, Mores {{!}} A university-wide donor recognition society".
  16. "Cassidy & Fishman Inc » Blog Archive » Jeff Shaara".
  17. "Gods and Generals".

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