Quotes by Timothy Egan

About Timothy Egan:

Timothy Egan is an American author and journalist. For The Worst Hard Time, a 2006 book about people who lived through The Great Depression's Dust Bowl, he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Washington State Book Award in history/biography.
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I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)

Timothy Egan

Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized," Bennett said in a speech at the start of the dust storms. What was happening, he said, was "sinister", a symptom o...

Timothy Egan

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejec...

Timothy Egan

Author Bio

  • NameTimothy Egan
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornNovember 8, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
  • WorksThe Worst Hard Time
  • AwardsNational Book Award