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Edwin Shrake

(1931 - 2009)

aka Bud Shrake

Edwin A. (Bud) Shrake, Jr. was an American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter. He co-wrote a series of golfing advice books with legendary golf coach Harvey Penick, including Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, a golf guide that became the best-selling sports book in publishing history. Called a "lion of Texas letters" by the Austin American-Statesman, Shrake was a member of the Texas Film Hall of Fame, received the Lon Tinkle lifetime achievement award from the Texas Institute of Letters and the Texas Book Festival Bookend Award.

Novels

   But Not for Love (1964)
   Blessed McGill (1969)
   Strange Peaches (1972)
   Peter Arbiter (1973)
   Limo (1976) (with Dan Jenkins (as by Bud Shrake) )
   Night Never Falls (1987) (as by Bud Shrake)
   The Borderland (2000)
   Billy Boy (2002) (as by Bud Shrake)
   Custer's Brother's Horse (2007)

Collections

Land of the Permanent Wave (2008) (as by Bud Shrake)

Non fiction show