Thomas Hauser

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Thomas C. Hauser (born 27 February 1946 in New York City, U.S.) is an American author.

He made his debut as a writer in 1978 with The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice. Horman's wife, Joyce Horman, and is parents, Edmund and Elizabeth Horman, cooperated with Hauser on the book describing both the fate of Charles and his family's quest to uncover the truth in Chile. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and adapted as Costa-Gavras's film Missing.

In 1981, he published a novel, Ashworth & Palmer, set in a fictional law firm, which was inspired by his experience as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1971 through 1977, following his graduation from Columbia Law School in 1970.

In 1991 he was awarded the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award for Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, a biography of the boxer.

He is a keen follower of boxing and is a staff writer for leading boxing website www.thesweetscience.com.[1] and www.boxingscene.com [2]

He is the former chairman and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America's membership committee.[3]

Books

General non-fiction
  • Missing
  • The Trial of Patrolman Thomas Shea
  • For Our Children (with Frank Macchiarola)
  • The Family Legal Companion
  • Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl (with Dr. Robert Gale)
  • Arnold Palmer: A Personal Journey
  • Confronting America's Moral Crisis (with Frank Macchiarola)
  • Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding
  • With This Ring (with Frank Macchiarola)
  • Thomas Hauser on Sports
  • Reflections
Boxing non-fiction
  • The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
  • Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
  • Muhammad Ali: Memories
  • Muhammad Ali: In Perspective
  • Muhammad Ali & Company
  • A Beautiful Sickness
  • A Year At The Fights
  • Brutal Artistry
  • The View From Ringside
  • Chaos, Corruption, Courage, and Glory
  • The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali
  • I Don't Believe It, But It's True
  • Knockout (with Vikki LaMotta)
  • The Greatest Sport of All
  • The Boxing Scene
  • An Unforgiving Sport
  • Boxing Is . . .
  • Box: The Face of Boxing
  • The Legend of Muhammad Ali (with Bart Barry)
  • Winks and Daggers
  • And the New . . .
  • Straight Writes and Jabs
  • Thomas Hauser on Boxing
Fiction
  • Ashworth & Palmer
  • Agatha's Friends
  • The Beethoven Conspiracy
  • Hanneman's War
  • The Fantasy
  • Dear Hannah
  • The Hawthorne Group
  • Mark Twain Remembers
  • Finding The Princess
  • Waiting For Carver Boyd
  • The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens
For children
  • Martin Bear & Friends

References

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  3. http://www.bwaa.org/members.htm

External links

Awards
Preceded by William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner
1991
Succeeded by
Nick Hornby