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Timothy Egan

American writer.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2006—2024

Recognition span

Author in the index

Timothy Egan has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2006 and 2024. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence2

National Book Awards1

Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards1

Plutarch Award1

Subject profile

History2

Biography1

Indexed works

Books by Timothy Egan

3 books · sorted by recognition

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward CurtisBiography201216 pts The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust BowlHistory200610 pts A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take over America, and the Woman Who Stopped ThemHistory20232 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2012	Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis	Biography	16	2	3	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2006	The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl	History	10	1	1	Unknown
2023	A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them	History	2	0	1	Penguin Publishing Group

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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