Thomas Fox Averill

MO 300

Topeka, KS 66621

Phone:

(785) 670-1448; cell (785) 633-3236

E-mail:

tom.averill@washburn.edu

Website:

www.washburn.edu/cas/english/taverill

Author's Bio

I am a novelist, short story writer and regular commentator on Kansas Public Radio in the character of the fictional William Jennings Bryan Oleander. I am passionate about food, gardening, all things Scot and the state of Kansas and the Great Plains.

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won:

O.Henry Award. Governor's Arts Award, State of Kansas. Edgar Wolfe Award, Kansas City, Kanas, Public Library. Finalist, International Culinary Professionals competition for food literature for Secrets of the Tsil Cafe.

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

A Sandhills Ballad by Ladette Randolph

The Beatles by Bob Spitz

Deaf Sentence by David Lodge

Dear Darkness by Kevin Young

Mr. Pipp by Lloyd Jones

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian, Scotch-Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Any, Teachers

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Berkeley

Raised in:

Topeka, KS

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Last updated: Aug 21, 2016