Thomas Gallagher (writer)

Thomas Gallagher
Born1918 (1918)
DiedDecember 19, 1992(1992-12-19) (aged 73–74)
Education
Occupations
  • Writer
  • seaman
AwardsEdgar Award for Best Fact Crime (1960)

Thomas Gallagher (1918 – December 19, 1992) was an American writer and seaman known for his writing on disasters and military heroism.[1] He won a Edgar Award in 1960 and was a National Book Award for Fiction finalist in 1953.

Biography

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Gallagher was born in Manhattan in 1918. He graduated from Columbia College in 1941 and served in Iran during World War II with the Army Corps of Engineers and became a seaman in the United States Merchant Marine, when he began to write.[1]

Gallagher's book Fire at Sea (1959), an investigation into the 1934 SS Morro Castle disaster, received an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 1960.[2][3] His book The Gathering Darkness (1952), which traced a family whose life were upended after the 1929 Stock Market Crash, was a National Book Award for Fiction finalist in 1953.[2]

Gallagher died on December 19, 1992, in Manhattan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thomas Gallagher, 74; A Writer and Seaman". The New York Times. 1992-12-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. ^ a b Andrews, Meredith. "The Gathering Darkness". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. ^ "EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST FACT CRIME | Cozy Mystery List". cozy-mystery.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.