Jon Franklin
Jon Daniel Franklin is an Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He was born on January 13, 1943 in Enid, Oklahoma.[1] He won the first Pulitzer Prizes for Feature Writing in 1979 and for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun.[2] Franklin holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland.[3] Franklin taught creative writing the University of Oregon, was the head of the Science Journalism department at Oregon State University, and a Journalism professor at his alma mater, the University of Maryland.[4] He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981, and the College of Notre Dame in 1982.[2]
The Canadian television film Shocktrauma is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.
Bibliography
- Shocktrauma (1980) with Alan Doelp
- Not Quite A Miracle (1983) with Alan Doelp
- Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner (1986)
- Molecules of the Mind: The Brave New Science of Molecular Psychology (1987)
- The Wolf In The Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs (2009)
References
- ^ Cusick, Daniel "Jon Franklin's Reality Story", College Park Magazine,
- ^ a b Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, 1999, pg 196.
- ^ "Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland
- ^ Jon Franklin, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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