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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 stepfather 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==

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