(June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) wrote more than seventy short stories before four novels including The Broken Place, followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Killer Angels, and finally For Love of the Game, which was published posthumously.
Born to an Italian immigrant father in Jersey City, New Jersey, he graduated in 1951 from Rutgers University. A born adventurer, he joined the merchant marine before earning a place in the elite 82nd Airborne Division and rising to the rank of sergeant.
In addition to his writing, Shaara was an award-winning professor of creative writing at Florida State University. A chain smoker, he died of a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 59.
Books by Michael Shaara
The Broken Place
By Michael Shaara
If there is such a thing as a born writer, Michael Shaara is certainly that. Library Journal The story of a deeply-scarred young man who …