Tom Hanlin

Tom Hanlin (28 August 1907 – 7 April 1953) was a Scottish fiction writer, known for writing a number of novels which were influential and sold widely.

Life

Hanlin was born in Armadale, West Lothian on 28 August 1907. At the age of 14 he left school and worked on a farm for a year, then got a job at a mine where he worked for the next twenty years.

Writing

During his lifetime, Hanlin wrote over thirty short stories, several novels and essays, and eight radio plays, two of which were broadcast. It also won the £500 first prize in the Big Ben Books Competition, and was translated into more than a dozen languages. The Scotsman book review of The Miracle at Cardenrigg The Scotsman book review of Once in Every Lifetime The Guardian book review of Once in Every Lifetime The Guardian book review of The Miracle at Cardenrigg The Observer book review of Once in Every Lifetime The Observer book review of The Miracle at Cardenrigg The Times Literary Supplement book review of The Miracle at Cardenrigg The New York Times book review of The Miracle at Cardenrigg The Toronto Daily Star book review of Once in Every Lifetime Contention in a Bitter World Nathan L Rothman reviewing Yesterday Will Return in The Saturday Review, 9 November 1946 Hunger for Life. Slaten Bray reviewing Once in Every Lifetime in The New Masses, 26 March 1946 Drowning Underground John Cournos reviewing Miracle at Cardenrigg in The Saturday Review 27 August 1949 Conversations with John Steinbeck John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch, Univ. Press of Mississippi 1988