Occupation Novelist Name Jeff Shaara Siblings Lila Shaara Genre Historical fiction Movies Gods and Generals | Ethnicity Italian American Parents Michael Shaara Nationality American Role Novelist | |
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Born February 21, 1952 (age 72)
New Brunswick, New Jersey ( 1952-02-21 ) Alma mater Florida State University Notable works Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure Education Florida State University (1974) Books Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure, Rise to Rebellion, The Fateful Lightning: A Novel o, A Blaze of Glory Similar People Michael Shaara, Ronald F Maxwell, Robert Rehme, Moctesuma Esparza | ||
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Jeffrey M. "Jeff" Shaara (born February 21, 1952) is an American novelist, the son of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara.
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- Book tv jeff shaara a chain of thunder a novel of the siege of vicksburg
- Jeff Shaara The Steel Wave A Novel of World War II
- Biography
- Awards
- Movies Based on His Works
- Works
- Novels
- Upcoming Work
- References
Jeff Shaara - The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
Biography
Jeffrey Shaara was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Tallahassee, Florida. He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 with a degree in Criminology and lives in Tallahassee.
He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels. Jeff followed his father's footsteps upon the latter's death, writing historical fiction and documenting the American wars and their most-historically-relevant characters. In total, Jeff has penned thirteen New York Times bestselling novels.
He completed a trilogy in 2010 about World War II in the European and North African theaters. A fourth World War II novel, titled The Final Storm, covers the end of the war in the Pacific, and was released on May 17, 2011.
Awards
Shaara has received the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2005 for To The Last Man: A Novel of The First World War and in 1997 for Gods and Generals. The American Library Association's Reference and Users Services Association recognized The Steel Wave as a 2009 Notable Book.
He has also been awarded the Lincoln Forum's "Richard Nelson Currant Award", New York Civil War Round Table's "Bell I. Wiley Award", and Florida State University's "Artes Award" as a Distinguished Alumnus.Inducted into the FSU College of Criminology Hall of Fame 2011. Awarded FSU's first annual Distinguished Eriter Award
Movies Based on His Works
In 2003, Warner Brothers made the major motion picture Gods and Generals, which was based upon his book of the same title.
Works
Novels
Upcoming Work
His next project will focus on the Cuban Missile Crisis .