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Edwin A. " Bud " Shrake, Jr. (September 6, 1931 – May 8, 2009) was an American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter. He co-wrote a series of golfing advice books with golf coach Harvey Penick, including Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, a golf guide that became the best-selling sports book in publishing history. [1] .
According to friends, Shrake - who played golf (and played it well) with kings, celebrities, roadies, singers, actors, writers and anyone else as one of his great passions - took to the links for the last time in December at the Crenshaw Cliffside course at Austin's Barton Creek Resort.
Nov 10, 2021 · At TCU he met his first wife, Joyce Elaine Rogers, a fellow English major and future Shakespeare scholar. They married in 1953, divorced that same year, and then remarried in 1955. The couple had two sons—Ben and Alan—before they divorced for good in 1961.
The Edwin “Bud” Shrake Papers reflect Shrake’s 58-year career as a professional sportswriter, journalist, fiction writer, script writer, and non-fiction writer. Numerous drafts of his books and screenplays in the Works series give insight into Shrake’s creative process.
May 11, 2009 · Bud Shrake speaks at Texas Book Festival in November, 2008. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Edwin "Bud" Shrake died Friday, May 8, of lung cancer, at the age of 77.
Mar 15, 2015 · My wife and I sat on the bed in our room, listening to car doors slamming, thoroughly despondent, peering wearily at a menu while the black-and-white TV played static and ghastly figures for us...
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May 8, 2009 · Bud Shrake was married twice to his first wife, Joyce, with whom he had two sons, Ben and Creagan, and from 1966 to 1980, he was married to Doatsy Shrake. For the past two decades he was the companion of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, until her death in September of 2006.
