Thomas Henry Watkins (March 29, 1936 — February 23, 2000) was an American magazine editor and author primarily between the 1960s to 1990s.
As a writer, Watkins primarily wrote about Western United States while also releasing two books about the Great Depression.
That year, Righteous Pilgrim won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography.
Apart from writing, Watkins became a Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies for Montana State University in the late 1990s.
He was an american football player in high school before he continued playing the sport while attending San Bernardino Valley College.
[2][3] For additional post-secondary education between the mid-1950s to mid 1960s, Watkins went to the University of Redlands and San Francisco State College.
[5] From the late 1960s to early 2000s, Watkins primarily wrote about California and other parts of the Western United States.
[14] Apart from editing, Watkins was hired by Montana State University in 1997 as their Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies.