Thomas Fox Averill

Thomas Fox Averill
Born (1949-04-30) April 30, 1949 (age 75)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • novelist
  • academic
NationalityAmerican
Notable awardsKansas Notable Book Award (2006, 2012)
Website
www.washburn.edu/cas/english/taverill/index.html

Thomas Fox Averill (born April 30, 1949) is an American writer, novelist, and academic from Topeka, Kansas. His works, including Secrets of the Tsil Cafe,[1][2] The Slow Air of Ewan Macpherson,[3] Ordinary Genius, and, more recently Rode, have won wide acclaim in Kansas and throughout the United States. He is a two-time winner of Kansas Notable Book Awards.

Averill is a writer-in-residence and professor of English at Topeka's Washburn University. Well known as a writer and teacher, Averill has published numerous works of fiction, short stories, and stories on his native Kansas and society at large.

References

  1. ^ Ball, Kim (2001). "Secrets of the Tsil Café (review)". The Missouri Review. 24 (3): 197–198. doi:10.1353/mis.2001.0150. ISSN 1548-9930.
  2. ^ Compton, Valerie (July 29, 2001). "Using food as the ultimate metaphor". Edmonton Journal (Newspapers.com).
  3. ^ Salter Reynolds, Susan (July 13, 2003). "DISCOVERIES". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2022.


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