Tim Gautreaux
Born and raised in Louisiana, Tim Gautreaux lives there with his wife an is writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University. His work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Zoetrope, Prize Stories: The O: Henry Awards, and Best American Short Stories. Acclaimed as ‘one of the best writers to have emerged in the 1990s (Kirkus reviews), his novels are The Next Step in the Dance, which won the 1999 SEBA Book Award, the hugely acclaimed The Clearing, and The Missing. He has also written two collections of short stories, published in one volume.
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Waiting for the Evening News: Stories of the Deep South
A petty thief is bested by a widow and her card-playing friends; a farmer must cope with raising his baby granddaughter; a train engineer inadvertently…
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The Clearing
Byron Aldridge, heir to a timber empire, returns from the First World War a changed man and finds refuge as a company policeman in a…
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The Missing
'Remarkable...a rip-roaring adventure novel with a true depth of feeling' Sunday Times 'A joy to read' Herald The First World War ended the day Sam…