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Mark Winegardner was born on 24 November, 1961 in Bryan, Ohio, United States, is an American novelist. Discover Mark Winegardner's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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Bryan, Ohio, United States |
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United States
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Mark Winegardner Height, Weight & Measurements
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Mark Winegardner Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mark Winegardner worth at the age of 62 years old? Mark Winegardner’s income source is mostly from being a successful novelist. He is from United States. We have estimated Mark Winegardner's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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After the publication of Sandlots, Winegardner published Steve Fireovid's autobiography, The 26th Man: One Minor Leaguer's Pursuit of a Dream.
Mark Winegardner (born November 24, 1961) is an American writer born and raised in Bryan, Ohio.
His novels include The Godfather Returns, Crooked River Burning, and The Veracruz Blues.
Winegardner published his debut work, an autobiographical travel book titled Elvis Presley Boulevard: From Sea to Shining Sea, Almost, in 1987.
He joined the faculty John Carroll University in 1989, where he is currently the Burroway Professor of English.
He was formerly the Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
In 1990, Winegardner published the nonfiction book Prophet of the Sandlots, about the life of baseball scout Tony Lucadello.
While writing the book, Winegardner convinced Lucadello to allow him to travel along with him as he scouted talent.
The book was well received by critics at the time of its publication and in retrospective reviews, and has been called one of the greatest baseball books of all time.
Winegardner's debut novel The Veracruz Blues was published in 1996, and centred on five brother's attempt to create a Mexican baseball league that could rival the MLB.
Winegardner was chosen by Random House to write a sequel to Mario Puzo's novels The Godfather and The Sicilian after the author's death in 1999.
He published Crooked River Burning in 2001, to generally positive reviews.
The book is set in midcentury Cleveland, Ohio and centers on the relationship between David Zielinsky, an engaged man from a union family, and affluent journalist Anne O'Connor.
He published a collection of short stories, That's True of Everybody, in 2002.
He published That's True of Everybody, his debut collection of short stories, in 2002.
It received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with Sarah Vowell of The New York Times calling it "a fine, swirling epic."
Publishers Weekly described the book as a "phenomenally entertaining, psychologically rich saga."
Philip Kerr called it "an offer you can refuse" in a more critical review for The Guardian.
According to a press release from Putnam: In a major acquisition, G. P. Putnam's Sons Executive Editor Dan Conaway secured North American rights to The Godfather's Revenge, the capstone to the Corleone family saga, which began with Mario Puzo's landmark novel and was carried forward in Winegardner's 2004 New York Times bestseller, The Godfather Returns.
The Godfather's Revenge was written by Winegardner, based on Puzo's original characters.
His newest novel, The Godfather's Revenge, was published in November 2006 by Putnam.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Miami University and went on to receive a master of fine arts degree in fiction writing from George Mason University.
He published his first book at age 26, while still in graduate school.
He has taught at Miami, George Mason, George Washington University.
In 2006, Winegardner published a follow-up titled The Godfather's Revenge.
The book received mixed reviews, with praise for its style but criticism for failing to innovate.
Winegardner has won grants, fellowships and residencies from the Ohio Arts Council, the Lilly Endowment, the Ragdale Foundation, the Sewanee Writers Conference and the Corporation of Yaddo.
His books have been chosen as among the best of the year by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, the New York Public Library, and USA Today.
His work has appeared in GQ, Playboy, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, DoubleTake, Family Circle, The Sporting News, Witness, Story Quarterly, American Short Fiction, Ladies Home Journal, Parents and The New York Times Magazine.
Several of his stories have been chosen as Distinguished Stories of the Year in The Best American Short Stories.
He is an alumnus of the Ragdale Foundation.
