Hall, Oakley Maxwell

Hall, Oakley Maxwell
▪ 2009
pen namesO.M. Hall; Jason Manor 
      American novelist

born July 1, 1920, San Diego, Calif.

died May 12, 2008, Nevada City, Calif.
spun tales of the Old West in novels that gained cult followings, notably Warlock (1958; filmed 1959; reissued 2005), which he penned under the name O.M. Hall. Hall published his first mystery novel, Murder City (1949) before earning an M.F.A. (1950) from the University of Iowa. Another favourite, this one about skiing, Downhill Racers (1963), was made into a film (Downhill Racer, 1969) starring Robert Redford. Hall's best-known works, however, remained the ones set in the Old West, including The Bad Lands (1978), The Coming of the Kid (1985), and Apaches (1986). A series of five mysteries featuring the real-life 19th-century journalist Ambrose Bierce debuted with Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades (1998). Hall, who also wrote two compendiums—The Art & Craft of Novel Writing (1994) and How Fiction Works (2000)—served for nearly 20 years as director of the writing program at the University of California, Irvine.

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