Thomas Cobb is an American novelist and author of Crazy Heart which was adapted into the 2010 Academy Award

82nd Academy Awards

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...

 winning 2009 film Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young...

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Cobb attended the University of Houston

University of Houston

The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...

, where he studied fiction writing with Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme was an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston , co-founder of Fiction Donald...

. Barthelme also advised him on the writing of Crazy Heart.

Thomas Cobb has taught at Eastern Arizona College

Eastern Arizona College

Eastern Arizona College , is a community college located in Graham County, Arizona. The main campus is in Thatcher, with satellite locations in Gila County, and Greenlee County...

 and in the Arizona State Prison System. Since 1987, he has been a member of the faculty of Rhode Island College

Rhode Island College

Rhode Island College is a nationally ranked, coeducational, state-supported comprehensive college founded in 1854, located in Providence, Rhode Island, USA...

and is Professor of English and Director of Performing & Fine Arts Commission. He teaches fiction writing and literature, and has been the director of the program for 18 years. In 2010 he received the Rhode Island College Alumni Faculty Award.

External Links

• Thomas Cobb's website (Accessed 26th September 2010)