Tom Franklin
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Tom Franklin was born and raised in Dickinson, Alabama. He held various jobs as a struggling writer living in South Alabama, including working as a heavy-equipment operator in a grit factory, a construction inspector in a chemical plant and a clerk in a hospital morgue. In 1997 he received his MFA from the University of Arkansas. His first book, Poachers was named as a Best First Book of Fiction by Esquire and Franklin received a 1999 Edgar Award for the title story. Franklin has published two novels: Hell at the Breech, published in 2003 and Smonk published in 2006. The recipient of the 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship, Franklin now teaches in the University of Mississippi's MFA program and lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his wife, the poet Be...more
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin avg rating 4.13 — 133 ratings — published 1999 3 editions |
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Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin avg rating 4.12 — 91 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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Smonk: A Novel by Tom Franklin avg rating 3.84 — 93 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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Poachers by Tom Franklin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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La Culasse de l'enfer by Tom Franklin, François Lasquin , Lise Dufaux avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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The Alumni Grill: Volume 2 by Tom Franklin , Beth Ann Fennelly avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Electronic money by Tom Franklin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998 |
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Social Housing in the 21st Century by Tom Franklin, Steve Hilditch avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999 |
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Cleft Stick: The Ethiopian Famine by Tom Franklin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1990 |
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Mobile Bay Tales by Tom Franklin avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1991 |
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