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Jim Lynch (born 1961) is an American author of three novels. His work has been compared to a variety of authors, including John Steinbeck,〔(The Oregonian, 2012-04-14 )-Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 Ken Kesey,〔(The Globe and Mail, 2009-06-19 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02.〕 Tom Robbins,〔 and Richard Russo.〔(The Washington Post, 2009-06-17 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 Lynch's first novel, ''The Highest Tide'', became a bestseller in the United Kingdom after the coming-of-age story was featured on the Richard & Judy book club television show in England.〔(The New York Times, 2006-07-29 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02 The British Version of Oprah's Book Club〕 It went on to receive the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award in 2006.〔(Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, 2006-01-06 ) - Retrieved on 2010-06-30 2006 PNBA Book Award Winners〕 His second novel, ''Border Songs'', set along the rural western end of the U.S.-Canadian border, won the Washington State Book Award for Fiction〔'Border Songs' and 'Big Burn' among Washington State Book Awards (The Seattle Times, 2010-09-10 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 and was a finalist for the American Booksellers Association award for best fiction in 2009.〔Indies' Choice Book Award Finalists Announced (The Huffington Post, 2010-03-02 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 ''Truth Like the Sun'', Lynch's third novel, (its title quite appropriately based on one of Elvis Presley's most celebrated quotes) was released in April 2012. Set in Seattle, during the 1962 World's Fair, a time when Presley and other celebrities, including Vice-Pres. Lindon Johnson visited it as well as in 2001, the story involves the investigation of a city legend by an ambitious reporter. Critics have likened the novel to classic movies about American power and corruption, such as ''Chinatown'',〔Seattle reporter finds bubbles of corruption under the Space Needle (The New York Times, 2012-04-08 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 ''Citizen Kane'',〔'Truth Like the Sun' by Jim Lynch (The (London) Independent, 2012-04-08 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 and ''All the President's Men''.〔'Truth Like the Sun' by Jim Lynch: Review (The Toronto Star, 2012-05-12 ) - Retrieved on 2012-07-02〕 == Career == Lynch grew up near Seattle, Washington. Graduating with English and Communications degrees from the University of Washington, he subsequently reported for newspapers in Alaska, Virginia and Washington, D.C., as well as The Spokesman-Review, The Seattle Times and The Oregonian. Along the way his national honors included the Livingston Young Journalist Award for national reporting in 1996,〔Young Journalists Cited for Excellence (The New York Times, 1996-06-20 ) - Retrieved on 2010-06-25〕 and the George Polk Award for environmental reporting with Karen Dorn Steele in 1995.〔Report on Nicotine Levels Wins Polk Award (The New York Times, 1995-03-07 ) - Retrieved on 2010-06-25〕 Lynch now lives with his wife and daughter in Olympia, Washington, on a bay near where a rare deep sea fish washed up on a beach, inspiring his first novel, ''The Highest Tide''.〔Northwest novelist Jim Lynch proves as steady a hand on books as boats (The Oregonian, 2009-06-22 ) - Retrieved on 2010-06-25〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Lynch (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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