Barry SiegelProfessor, English Director, Literary Journalism Program, Literary Journalism |
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Research Interests |
Literary Journalism, English | |
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Academic Distinctions |
Pulitzer Prize, Feature Writing, 2002 California Newspaper Publishers Assn (CNPA) Better Newspapers Contest, Best Writing, 2001 PEN Center USA West Literary Award in Journalism, 2000; 1987 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for Best Foreign, National or Business Article, 1997 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for Best Example of Good Writing: 1996; 1993; 1986 National Headliner Award, feature writing, 1994 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for Best Article in LA Times Magazine or Calendar: 1994, 1989 Best of the West Award, first place for environmental and natural resources reporting, 1991 Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Assn. Legal Journalism Award, 1987 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, 1985 State Bar of California Golden Medallion Media Award, first place, 1984 Greater Los Angeles Press Club Best News Writing Award, 1984 California-Nevada UPI Best Writing Award, 1984 The Livingston Award for Young Journalists, national reporting, 1983 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for Best National, Foreign, or Wash DC reporting, 1982 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for Best Metro Reporting, 1977. Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, 1977 |
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Research Abstract |
BARRY SIEGEL directs the literary journalism program at UC Irvine and writes for the Los Angeles Times, where he was a national correspondent for 28 years. In 2002 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. His narratives have also garnered dozens of other honors, among them two PEN Center West Literary Awards in Journalism, the Livingston Award, and the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award. His books include three volumes of literary journalism and three novels of legal suspense. | |
| Publications | A Death in White Bear Lake, Bantam, 1990 | |
| Shades of Gray, Bantam, 1992 | ||
| The Perfect Witness, Ballantine, 1998 | ||
| Actual Innocence Ballantine, 1999 | ||
| Lines of Defense, Ballantine, 2002 | ||
| Claim of Privilege, HarperCollins, 2008 | ||
| Other Experience |
National Correspondent Los Angeles Times |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4970 | |
| Last updated | 08/25/2009 | |