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'''Ron Hansen''' (born [[December 8]], [[1947]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[novel]]ist, [[essay]]ist, and [[Professor#North American|professor]].

==Biography==
[[Image:Assassination_jesse.JPG|thumb|''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (1983). Arrow 1997 paperback edition. 304 pages]]

Hansen was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], and earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor's]] degree in English from [[Creighton University]]. He then went on to graduate studies, receiving his MFA at the [[University of Iowa]] and receiving another Masters Degree from [[Stanford University]]. 

[[As of 2006]] he is the [[Gerald Manley Hopkins]] Professor in the Arts and Humanities  at [[Santa Clara University]], where he teaches courses in writing and literature. He is married to the writer Bo Caldwell and is the step-father of her two children, John Scott "Scotty" Caldwell Arnold and ErinKate Arnold. Scotty attends Hansen's place of employment, Santa Clara University, and ErinKate is pursuing her medical degree at her step father's alma mater, StanfordGeorgetown University.

==Novels and short stories==

Hansen has published numerous [[Short story|short stories]] in literary magazines nationwide. His first book was ''Desperadoes'' (1979), a [[Western (genre)|Western]] novel that reimagines the story of the [[Dalton Gang]]. ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford '', a 1983 novel chronicling the life and death of the iconic [[Jesse James|outlaw]], was Hansen's most popular work and brought him wide c(contracted; show full)[[Category:Nebraska writers|Hansen, Ron]]
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