death_place death_date children birth_place influenced awards notableworks birth_date genre article_title name occupation
nevada city , california 12 may 2008 oakley `` tad '' hall iii , sands hall san diego , california thomas amy tan pynchon , richard ford , michael chabon , lifetime cowboy hall of fame achievement awards from pen american center and the warlock 01 july 1920 western oakley hall
 oakley hall novelist
oakley hall

oakley maxwell hall -lrb- july 1 , 1920 -- may 12 , 2008 -rrb- was an american novelist .
he was born in san diego , california , graduated from the university of california , berkeley , and served in the marines during world war ii .
some of his mysteries were published under the pen names `` o.m. hall '' and `` jason manor . ''
hall received his master of fine arts in english from the iowa writers ' workshop at the university of iowa .
