when Carver was recovering from his infamous alcoholic crash and burn. According to Publishers Weekly, in 1976, while he was the chairman of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas El Paso, "Standiford gave Raymond Carver his first job. Standiford's students have included successful novelists Dennis Lehane, Barbara Parker, Vicki Hendricks, Ginny Rorby, and Neil Plakcy. Hall, Paul Levine, Edna Buchanan, and Barbara Parker. In Last Train to Paradise, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature’s wrath. MacDonald, and which includes Elmore Leonard, Jeff Lindsay, Carl Hiaasen, James W. Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standifords fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of. Petersburg, Florida.Īlthough his most recent books have been narrative non-fiction historical works, his novels featuring the character "John Deal" put him in the Miami School of crime fiction, whose progenitors are Charles Willeford and John D.
He also holds the Peter Meinke Chair in Creative Writing at Eckerd College in St. Les Standiford is an author and, since 1985, the Founding Director of the Florida International University Creative Writing Program in Miami, Florida.
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