Autor/-in: Thom Jones

Thom Jones, who died in 2016, was a National Book Award finalist, O. Henry Award winner, and the author of three story collections:The Pugilist at Rest,Cold Snap, andSonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine. He received an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1973 and thereafter worked an array of jobs, from copywriter to janitor, until he was published for the first time, inThe New Yorker, in his mid-forties. His stories went on to be published in other magazines such asHarper's, Esquire,Playboy, andStory and were reprinted numerous times inThe Best American Short Stories. John Updike chose his story 'I Want to Live!' forThe Best American Short Stories of the Century.