About Thomas Sanchez
Born 1944. Thomas Sanchez is an American novelist and writer.
Thomas Sanchez (born February 26, 1944) is an American novelist.
Life Thomas Brown Sanchez was born at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, three months after his father was killed in the Pacific during World War II.
His first novel, Rabbit Boss, was named one of the 100 Greatest Western novels by the San Francisco Chronicle. Sanchez is published by Knopf/Vintage at Random House.
Works Novels Rabbit Boss (1973) Zoot-Suit Murders (1978) Mile Zero (1989) Day of the Bees (2000) King Bongo (2003) American Tropic (2013)
Honors He was the recipient of a 1980 Guggenheim Fellowship and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Republic.
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Who is Thomas Sanchez?
writer, film director
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Thomas Sanchez was born on 26 February 1944 in Oakland.
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Thomas Sanchez is a novelist and writer.
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· DBpedia: Thomas Sanchez (writer)
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