Havana. He then returned to Key West for his sixth novel, American Tropic(2013). FILM WORK Parallel to his writings, Sanchez has written and developed numerous screen plays based on his novels with producers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Ken Burns. He also wrote and directed in Paris a narrative feature film, Keep Calm and Carry on. His first novel, Rabbit Boss, was named one of the 100 Greatest Western novels by the San Francisco Chronicle. Sanchez is published by Knopf/Vintage at Random House. Works Novels Rabbit Boss (1973) Zoot-Suit Murders (1978) Mile Zero (1989) Day of the Bees (2000) King Bongo (2003) American Tropic (2013) Honors He was the recipient of a 1980 Guggenheim Fellowship and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Republic. References External links 1989 Interview with George Murphy in Littoral, the journal of the Key West Literary Seminar Author website Wired for Books interview with Don Swaim 1943 births Living people People from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American mystery writers Western (genre) writers Writers from California Novelists from Florida 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres