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Ward Just


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Ward Just graduated from Cranbrook School in 1953. He briefly attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He started his career as a print journalist for the Waukegan (Illinois) News-Sun. He was also a correspondent for Newsweek and The Washington Post from 1959 to 1969, after which he left journalism to write fiction.
 

Genres: Historical Mystery
 
Novels
   A Soldier of the Revolution (1970)
   Stringer (1974)
   Nicholson At Large (1975)
   A Family Trust (1978)
   In the City of Fear (1983)
   The American Blues (1984)
   The American Ambassador (1987)
   Jack Gance (1988)
   The Translator (1991)
   Ambition & Love (1994)
   Echo House (1997)
   A Dangerous Friend (1999)
   The Weather in Berlin (2002)
   An Unfinished Season (2004)
   Forgetfulness (2006)
   Exiles in the Garden (2009)
   Rodin's Debutante (2011)
   American Romantic (2014)
   The Eastern Shore (2016)
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Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Ward Just
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D.C. Noir 2 (2008)
The Classics
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
George Pelecanos
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The Best American Short Stories 1976 (1976)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Martha Foley
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The Best American Short Stories 1973 (1973)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Martha Foley

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Awards
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book nominee (1997) : Echo House
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2005) : An Unfinished Season


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