Leon Hale
Leon Hale (30 ga Mayu, 1921 zuwa Maris 27, 2021) ɗan jaridar Amurka ne kuma marubuci. Ya yi aiki a matsayin marubuci na Houston Chronicle daga 1984 har zuwa ritayarsa a 2014. Kafin haka, yana da shafi a Houston Post na tsawon shekaru 32. Ya kuma wallafa littattafai har goma sha biyu.

Kuruciya 
An haifi Carol Leon Hale a garin Stephenville, Texas, a ranar 30 ga watan Mayu na 1921. An saka masa sunan mahaifiyarsa, Leona;  mahaifinsa, Fred,  yayi aiki ne a matsayin ɗan kasuwa mai tafiye-tafiye wanda ke sayar da injin da ke rufe takardu . Iyalin Hale sun ƙaura sau da yawa yayin yarinta saboda aikin mahaifinsa, sun sake ƙaura zuwa Fort Worth lokacin da yake ɗan shekara bakwai kafin ya tafi Lubbock a lokacin Girmamar Damuwa. Ya yi fama da cutar sankara ta jiki wanda ya haifar masa da tawayar fuska. Ya halarci makarantar sakandaren Eastland, inda ya kammala karatu a shekarar 1939. 

Hale ya ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Tech Tech . Ya rubuta wa jaridar ɗalibai ta, The Toreador, insha'i, mukaloli da ra'ayoyii. Daya daga cikin malamarsa a wurin, Alan Stroud, ya daukaka rubuce-rubucen Hale amma ya ba shi maki saboda rashin iya rubutu.

Aiki 
Hale ya samu aiki a Houston Post a cikin 1952. Ya bunƙasa a cikin wannan yanayin aikin, tare da abokan aikinsa suna lura da yadda ya kasance marubuci wanda ba ya buƙatar bita. Ya kuma wallafa littafinsa na farko, Bonney's Place, a cikin 1972. Ya samu mabiya da yawa masu bi, kuma dukda cewa ya rubuta fina-fina har guda hudu, babu wanda aka samu damar aikinsa har zuwa mutuwar Hale.

Littattafai 
Hale ya rubuta littattafai goma sha ɗaya. Ga kaɗan daga ciki:
Turn South at the Second Bridge (1965)
Bonney's Place (1972)
Addison (1978)
A Smile from Katie Hattan (1982)
Easy Going (1983)
One Man's Christmas (1984)
Paper Hero (1986)
Texas Chronicles (1989)
Home Spun (1997)
Supper Time (1999)
Old Friends: A Collection (2004)

Iyali
Hale ya saki matansa na farko guda biyu. Ya haɗu da matarsa ta ukku, Babette Fraser a shekarar 1981. Sun zauna a Houston da Winedale, Texas, kuma auren su ya ɗore har zuwa mutuwar shi.

Mutuwa
Gale ya mutu ranar 27 ga watan Maris, na shekarar 2021. Yana da shekaru 99 a duniya.

Hanyoyin haɗin waje
 Hale, Leon and Gabrielle Hale. Leon Hale Oral History, Houston Oral History Project, November 29, 2007.
 Hale, Leon. Leon Hale: A blog featuring Houston Chronicle columnist Leon Hale. 
 Hale, Leon. Leon Hale, Author: A Facebook page by Leon Hale and his fans.

Manazarta 

 Haifaffun 1921
 Matattun 2021
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
Houston Chronicle people
Houston Post people
Military personnel from Texas
People from Stephenville, Texas
Texas Tech University alumni
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Writers from Texas
United States Army Air Forces soldiers