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Luke Short (writer)
American novelist
This article is about the short story writer and novelist. For the Old West gunfighter, see Luke Short.
Luke Short (born Frederick Dilley Glidden November 19, 1908 – August 18, 1975) was a popular Western writer. At least ten of his novels were made into films.
Biography
Born in Kewanee, Illinois, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two and a half years and then transferred to the University of Missouri at Columbia to study journalism. Following graduation in 1930, he worked for a number of newspapers before becoming a trapper in Canada. He later moved to New Mexico to be an archeologist's assistant. After reading Western pulp magazines and trying to escape unemployment, he began to write Western fiction. He sold his first short story and novel in 1935 under the pen name of Luke Short (which was also the name of a famous gunslinger in the Old West, although it's unclear if he was aware of that when he assumed the pen name.) His apprenticeship in the pulps was comparatively brief. In 1938, he sold
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Luke Newman was born in 1976 and grew up in Fredericksburg, VA. He is a Combat Veteran that retired from the Army in 2016 and lives with his wife and 4 children in Mt. Airy, MD. He has a BA in Integrated Arts from the University of Baltimore, and is currently working towards an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts. Luke has been writing and building his arts and entertainment studio, At The Spot Studios, since his retirement. Luke's current book series, LEGENDARY: The Chronicles of Fayne, follows a young girl and her friends on their journey of discovery and adventure throughout the magical world of Kathka. Luke loves to build rich, fantastic, multi-layered worlds that are new and exciting, but still feel familiar and relatable. He creates characters that you will love, or love to hate...both strong and flawed. With an epic vision and an episodic approach, the LEGENDARY Series draws you in early and keeps you turning the pages until the last word.
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Luke Davies
Australian writer
For other people with the same name, see Luke Davies (disambiguation).
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| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney(BA) |
Luke Davies (born 1962) is an Australian writer of poetry, novels and screenplays. His best known works are Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film Lion, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Davies also co-wrote the screenplay for the film News of the World.
Life and career
Davies studied Arts at the University of Sydney.[1]
His first poetry collection Four Plots for Magnets was published in 1982 by S. K. Kelen at Glandular Press. Long out of print, it was republished (with additional poetry and prose) by Pitt Street Poetry in 2013.[2] He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Candy with director Neil Armfield, based on his 1997 novel Candy. The film stars Heath Ledg
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