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Joseph Wallace

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born

Brooklyn, NY, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.josephwallace.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Sports, Outdoors & Nature

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member since

December 2009

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Thank you again, goodreads readers, for nominating my novel DIAMOND RUBY for a Goodreads Choice Award: Best Historical Fiction of 2010. I really appreciate the enthusiasm and thoughtful reviews of the people here.

I've been a writer for more than a quarter of a century. As you can see by my list of books, though, when people ask me what kind of writer I am, I can't really answer. I've loved writing about baseball history, nature, and scientific discovery. It was a treat writing a picture book when my own kids were the right ages to enjoy it.

Recently, fiction has been my first love. I was thrilled when my noir story "Custom Sets" was selected for inclusion in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2010. And now I've achieved a lifelong dream by s...more

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Books by Joseph Wallace

Average rating: 3.99 · 373 ratings · 136 reviews · 26 distinct works

	Diamond Ruby: A Novel 4.02 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Gathering of Wonders by Joseph Wallace (Goodreads Author), American Museum of Natural History 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Baseball: 100 Classic Moments in the History of the Game 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Baseball Anthology 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Baseball: 365 Days - An Official Publication from the Archives of Major League Baseball 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Rise and Fall of the Dinosaur 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	Grand Old Game: 365 Days of Baseball by Joseph Wallace (Goodreads Author), Joe Wallace, Rod Carew 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Big and Noisy Simon by Joseph Wallace (Goodreads Author), Kevin O'Malley (Illustrations) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	The Complete Book Of The Dinosaur 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace (Goodreads Author), Lorna Raver (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Sep 29, 2011 06:31am
Joseph Wallace gave to: True Grit by Charles Portis	My rating:
I read this before seeing the Coen Brothers' (very faithful) movie adaptation. It's beautifully written, and the voice of Mattie Ross--funny, sharp, tough--is a terrific achievement. The only thing that kept me from a five-star review is that, near t...more
Mar 25, 2011 09:56am · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: The White Rhino Hotel: A Novel by Bartle Bull	My rating:
This, the first of a trilogy set in Africa and spanning the two World Wars, is my favorite of the thee. (Though all are worth reading.) It's occasionally roughly written, but peopled by vivid characters and a superb sense of the time and place (colon...more
Dec 18, 2010 07:28pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: The Blue Eyed Shan by Stephen D Becker	My rating:
Sadly little known, this novel by the underrated Becker is a fascinating, haunting tale--part historical novel, part adventure story, part thriller--set in and around World War II and showing how the war and the arrival of Americans and other combata...more
Dec 18, 2010 07:25pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen	My rating:
I can't possibly add anything that many others haven't already said. Simply one of my favorite novels of all time. I've read it many times, and get great happiness from it every time.
Dec 18, 2010 07:21pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner	My rating:
I first read this novel when I was in my thirties, and thought it was a beautiful portrait of aging and longtime friendship and love. Now I'm...older, and the book seems even more poignant and beautiful to me. Stegner was a superb prose stylist, and...more
Dec 18, 2010 07:14pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson	My rating:
Well before he made the bestseller lists with A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson wrote this hilarious memoir of two trips he took to Europe, one as a young man and a return as a settled adult. Bryson can be unsparing in his view of what he finds, but h...more
Dec 18, 2010 07:02pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen	My rating:
Talk about your love-it-or-hate-it books! Many find this experimental novel completely impenetrable, but I thought it was heartbreaking and riveting. The book's design, featuring inkblot-like illustrations, poetic arrangements of words on the page, a...more
Dec 18, 2010 06:58pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: Nerve by Dick Francis	My rating:
Nerve was British crime writer Dick Francis's second novel, and the one where he first started to perfect his formula: A likable, underestimated working-class hero unraveling a mystery in a world that involves horses. For some people, one Francis is...more
Dec 18, 2010 06:45pm · see review
Joseph Wallace gave to: The Summer Game by Roger Angell	My rating:
Still the warmest, most likeable baseball book I've ever read. As a New Yorker who grew up with the Mets, I'll always be grateful that Angell was there to document the team's comical--and sometimes horrifying--early years.
Dec 14, 2010 05:37am · see review