Thomas D Clagett

Thomas D. Clagett spent twenty years as an assistant film editor in Hollywood. His credits include The Two Jakes , Jack Nicholson's sequel to Chinatown , and the TV series St. Elsewhere . His first novel, The Pursuit of Murieta , is a Will Rogers Medallion Award Honorable Mention winner. West of Penance , his second novel, won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for best historical fiction. He is also the author of William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession and Reality , about the Academy...See more

Thomas D. Clagett spent twenty years as an assistant film editor in Hollywood. His credits include The Two Jakes , Jack Nicholson's sequel to Chinatown , and the TV series St. Elsewhere . His first novel, The Pursuit of Murieta , is a Will Rogers Medallion Award Honorable Mention winner. West of Penance , his second novel, won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for best historical fiction. He is also the author of William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession and Reality , about the Academy Award-winning director of The French Connection and The Exorcist . A member of the Western Writers of America, Clagett lives with his wife, Marilyn, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His website is www.thomasdclagett.com. See less