Alan Cheuse

Alan Stuart Cheuse (January 23, 1940 – July 31, 2015) was an American writer and critic. He worked for the New Yorker and appeared on several segments on radio. Cheuse was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Cheuse was involved in a car accident on July 14, 2015 on California State Route 17 while driving from Nevada City to Santa Cruz, California. He was reported to be in a coma on July 20, 2015 with injuries including fractured ribs, cervical vertebrae, and an acute subdural hematoma.Carolyn Kellogg, "NPR book reviewer Alan Cheuse in a coma after car accident in California", Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2015. He died on July 31, 2015 from his injuries at the age of 75 in San Jose, California.Colin Dwyer, "Alan Cheuse, Novelist And Longtime NPR Contributor, Dies At 75", NPR News, 31 July 2015.

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Other websites

Alan Cheuse's official website
 George Mason profile 
Littoral  interview with Alan Cheuse about his novel To Catch the Lightning, (2008) 
Public radio interview with Alan Cheuse about historical fiction and his novel To Catch the Lightning, (2008)
 Tennessee Writers Project biography 
Alan Cheuse bio at NPR
Santa Fe Writers Project
Alan Cheuse on 'Song of Slaves in the Desert' 

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