Summary
It's seems appropriate and only fitting, somehow, that Ace Atkins cut his teeth as a writer by logging untold hours as a crime reporter investigating Florida's seamy underside.
That's because learning to craft compelling prose on tight deadlines at The Tampa Tribune - where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize - provided Atkins with not only enough drive to embark upon a career as a novelist, but sufficient discipline to sustain it.See the full content of this document
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'The Ranger' Knows N. Mississippi
And now, well-established as a critically and commercially successful fiction writer, Atkins returns to summer reading lists with "The Ranger" (Putnam, $25.95).
Atkins, who lives with his family on a farm out...See the full content of this document
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