Michael Shaara

Michael Shaara ( June 23 , 1928 - May 5 , 1988 ) was a writer of Science Fiction , Sports Fiction , and Historical Fiction . Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines in the 1950s . He later taught literature at Florida State University . His novel about the Battle Of Gettysburg , ''The Killer Angels'', won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction in 1975 . Shaara died of a Heart Attack in 1988 .

Shaara's son, Jeffrey Shaara , is also a popular writer of historical fiction; most notably Sequels to his father's best-known novel. His most famous is the prequel to ''The Killer Angels'', Gods And Generals .

WORKS

'' The Broken Place '' ( 1968 ); a novel involving boxing; Shaara had been an amateur boxer.

'' The Noah Conspiracy '' ( 1981 ); originally titled "The Herald", a Science Fiction novel.

'' For Love Of The Game '' ( 1991 ); a baseball novella published posthumously and Adapted For Film , released in 1999.

	CATEGORIES ABOUT MICHAEL SHAARA

	american science fiction writers

	american historical novelists

	pulitzer prize for fiction winners

	rutgers university alumni

	1928 births

	1988 deaths

	florida state university faculty

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