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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 Kate Arnold. Scotty attends Hansen's place of employment, Santa Clara University, and Kate is pursuing her medical degree at Georgetown University.

==Novels and short stories==

(contracted; show full), about the bond of love between a father and a son who has died under mysterious circumstances in a dusty Mexican town, was a finalist for both the [[National Book Award]] and the [[PEN/Faulkner Award]].  ''Hitler's Niece'' (1999) is a [[historical novel]] that offers a view of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] as seen through the eyes of [[Geli Raubal]], the daughter of his half-sister.  ''Isn't It Romantic?'' (2003) is a comic novel about two sophisticated [[Paris
|Paris]]ians]] stranded in small-town Nebraska.

In addition to his novels, Hansen has published a short story collection (''Nebraska''), a compilation of essays (''A Stay Against Confusion''), and a children's book (''The Shadowmaker''). Hansen also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film adaptation of ''Mariette in Ecstasy''.

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