Michael Mewshaw (born February 19, 1943) is an American author of 11 novels and 8 books of nonfiction, and works frequently as a travel writer, investigative reporter, book reviewer, and tennis reporter. His novel Year of the Gun was made into a film of the same name by John Frankenheimer in 1991. He is married with two sons.Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio's longtime "voice of books," has called him "the best novelist in America that nobody knows."
Former director of the creative writing program at the University of Texas-Austin. Author of 18 books including "Ladies of the Court: Grace and Disgrace of the Women's Tennis Circuit" (1993) and "Short Circuit: Six Months on the Men's Professional Tennis Tour" (1983).
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