Hornfischer, James D.

PERSONAL: Married; children: three. Education: Graduated from Colgate University; University of Texas—Austin, earned graduate business and law degrees.

ADDRESSES: Home—Austin, TX. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Bantam Books, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

CAREER: Writer and literary agent. Former book editor.

AWARDS, HONORS: Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, 2004, for The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour.

WRITINGS:

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 2004.

ADAPTATIONS: Hornfischer's book was adapted as an audiobook, Random House Audio, 2004.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the U.S.S. Houston and the Ordeal of Her Survivors, for Bantam Books.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, January 1, 2004, Frieda Murray, review of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour, p. 816.

Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2003, review of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, p. 1392.

Library Journal, January, 2004, Edward Metz, review of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, p. 131.

Publishers Weekly, January 5, 2004, review of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, p. 50.

ONLINE

Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Web Site, http://www.tincansailorsbook.com/ (February 16, 2005).

Random House Web site, http://www.randomhouse.com/ (February 16, 2005), author profile.