John schulian biography

Barely three months after his first novel, "A Better Goodbye," was published, John Schulian heard his name called as the winner of the 2016 PEN ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing. The book and the award caught up with him on the turf he staked out with yet another chapter in his career, a 20-year run as writer and producer for some of TV's most memorable dramas.

Schulian spent a decade wandering the publishing industry's wasteland with the noirish "A Better Goodbye" before he found a publisher and saw his refusal to surrender rewarded with stellar reviews.

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"Goodbye" is the tale of lost souls in rarely-seen precincts of Los Angeles, a melting pot stirred by a tragedy-haunted boxer, a college girl moonlighting as a sensual masseuse, a failed actor turned pimp, and a prison-hardened sociopath.The novel marks the latest turn in the career of the L.A.-born and Salt Lake City-reared Schulian.

Before establishing himself as a John Schulian (born January 31, 1945), American screenwriter ... QYG