Brian Panowich | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Firefighter |
Brian Panowich is an American author and journalist.[1]
Panowich grew up an "Army brat" in Europe before moving to East Georgia.[1] Before becoming a writer he was a firefighter in Augusta, Georgia.[2]
He is known for the novels Bull Mountain, Like Lions , and Hard Cash Valley.[2][3]
Atlanta called Bull Mountain a brilliant debut novel.[3] Panowich won the 2016 International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel and the Southern Book Prize for fiction.[4] He is also a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist[citation needed] and the 2020 Georgia Author of the ear.
El País called his work about adventures in the mountains of Georgia "Country Noir".[5] Il Giornale also wrote about his work.[6] The HuffPost interviewed him in 2015.[7]
In 2015 ITV Studios optioned Bull Mountain for adaptation into a TV series.[8]
Panowich has four children.[9]