Frank mosher biography

American writer

Howard Frank Mosher (June 2, 1942 – January 29, 2017) was an American author of cardinal books: eleven fiction and two non-fiction. Much of his fiction takes wedge in the mid-20th century and indicate of it is set in goodness Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, a locality loosely defined by the three counties in the northeastern corner of blue blood the gentry state (Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia).

His characters are often quirky, reflecting say publicly distinctive peculiarities of the region's quiet residents. The community struggle with inconsistent times is often a theme, look into the more traditional ways of upcountry artless Yankee life coming in conflict walkout an expanding, modern society. The behind novel published during his lifetime was God's Kingdom (St. Martin's Press, Oct 2015).

Personal life

Mosher graduated from Cato-Meridian Central School, in Cato, New Royalty, in 1960 and from Syracuse School in 1964.^[1] He taught English contention Orleans High and Lake Region Junction High School during his early stage.

Mosher lived with his wife, Phillis, in Irasburg, Vermont. They had shipshape and bristol fashion grown son and a daughter. Oversight was a die-hard Red Sox fan,^[2] and this was a recurring reference in his work. Mosher often formulated a fictional character (usually still flash boyhood) who would become obsessed stay alive the fate of the Red Sox.

Death

In December 2016, Mosher was observe with what he believed to wool an upper respiratory ailment. He was soon diagnosed with an aggressive misrepresent of cancer, induced from treatment clasp prostate cancer in 2007. Mosher proclaimed his latest cancer via his Facebook page.^[3] He died at home usual January 29, 2017, at age 74.^[4]

Awards

Mosher was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979, and is the 1981 recipient counterfeit the Literature Award bestowed by authority American Academy and Institute of Study and Letters.^[5]A Stranger In the Kingdom won the New England Book Give for Fiction in 1991,^[6] and was later made into a 1997 fact film of the same name shy director Jay Craven. Craven has along with adapted Disappearances, Where the Rivers Secretion North and Northern Borders to film.^[7] In 2006, Mosher received the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in picture Arts.^[8] In 2011 he was awarded the New England Independent Booksellers Association's President's Award for Lifetime Achievement newest the Arts.^[6]

Bibliography

His books, in order slate publication, are:

1. Disappearances (1977)
2. Where the Rivers Flow North (1978)
3. Marie Blythe (1983)
4. A Newcomer in the Kingdom (1989)
5. Northern Borders (1994)
6. North Country (nonfiction, 1997)
7. The Fall of illustriousness Year (1999)
8. The True Account (2003)
9. Waiting misjudge Teddy Williams (2004)
10. On Kingdom Mountain (2007)
11. Walking to Gatlinburg (2010)
12. The Great Northern Express (nonfiction, 2012)
13. God's Kingdom (2015)
14. Points North: Stories (2018)

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