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Thomas Fox Averill (born April 30, 1949) is an American writer, novelist, and academic from Topeka, Kansas. His works, including Secrets of the Tsil Cafe, The Slow Air of Ewan Macpherson, Ordinary Genius, and, more recently Rode, have won wide acclaim in Kansas and throughout the United States. He is a two-time winner of Kansas Notable Book Awards.

Averill is a writer-in-residence and professor of English at Topeka's Washburn University. Well known as a writer and teacher, Averill has published numerous works of fiction, short stories, and stories on his native Kansas and society at large.

References

1. Ball, Kim (2001). "Secrets of the Tsil Café (review)". The Missouri Review. 24 (3): 197–198. doi:10.1353/mis.2001.0150. ISSN 1548-9930.
2. Compton, Valerie (July 29, 2001). "Using food as the ultimate metaphor". Edmonton Journal (Newspapers.com).
3. Salter Reynolds, Susan (July 13, 2003). "DISCOVERIES". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

External links

• His website
• WU Professor writes novel

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