Thomas Zigal

Thomas Zigal is the author of seven novels and numerous short stories and essays. His novels have won the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, the fiction award from the Philosophical Society of Texas, and the Violet Crown Award from the Writers’ League of Texas.

He is best known for his two trilogies: the New Orleans trilogy ("The White League," "Many Rivers to Cross," "Outcry Witness") and the Aspen trilogy ("Into Thin Air," "Hardrock Stiff," "Pariah"). His newest book is "The Seasons of Rick Roderick," a memoir about his long friendship with the charismatic philosophy professor Rick Roderick, who dazzled audiences with his online lectures covering the great philosophers from ancient Greece to the twentieth century.

Three of Zigal's books are available in Italian translations -- "The White League," "Into Thin Air," and "Pariah."

Thomas Zigal lives in Austin, Texas.