PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
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Edition 33 (2023) Winner
T. J. English
ティー・ジェイ・イングリッシュ
Tī Jei Ingurisshu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-10-06 （Tacoma, Washington）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- New York City
Career
- Occupations
- author, journalist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Nominations
- Edgar Award nomination for Best Fact Crime (Born to Kill), Edgar Award nomination (Havana Nocturne), Edgar Award nomination (The Savage City), Edgar Award nomination (Where the Bodies Were Buried)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | 1976-1980 | United States |
Loyola Marymount University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1976-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
Los Angeles
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award | Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| — | Humanitas Prize | NYPD Blue episode 'Shades of Gray' | — | — | 受賞 |
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2023
Work:
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Humanitas Prize
Work:
NYPD Blue episode 'Shades of Gray'
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Westies: Inside The Hell's Kitchen Irish Mob
1990 Non-fictionBestselling account of an Irish American gang in New York City's Hell's Kitchen.
organized crimeIrish mob
Born to Kill
1995 Non-fictionAbout a Vietnamese gang based in New York City's Chinatown.
organized crimeimmigrant gangs
Paddy Whacked
2005 Non-fictionSweeping history of the Irish American gangster.
Irish mobcrime history
Adaptations
- [Documentary] Paddy Whacked (2006)
Havana Nocturne
2008 Non-fictionStory of U.S. mobster infiltration of Cuba in the 1950s.
Cubamob
The Savage City
2011 Non-fictionRacial tension in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s.
racecriminal justice
Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World that Made Him
2015 Non-fictionWhitey Bulger and the world that made him.
Boston mob
The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
2018 Non-fictionEpic story of the Cuban American underworld.
Cuban American crime
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
2022 Non-fictionJazz and the underworld.
jazzunderworld
The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire that Seduced America
2024 Non-fictionWilly Falcon and the cocaine empire.
drugscocaine
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Investigative non-fictionNarrative crime history
- Recurring Motifs
- organized crimeAmerican underworldimmigrant gangs
Legacy
American author known for non-fiction books on organized crime, multiple New York Times bestsellers.
Trivia
- Grew up in an Irish Catholic family of ten children.
- Worked as high school teacher, taxi driver, bartender.
- Founded jazz record label Dangerous Rhythms.