Paco Ahlgren
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El Paso, Texas
- Musician
- author
- journalist
INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award, Silver[2]
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| Born | November 19, 1968 El Paso, Texas |
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| Notable awards | Next Generation Indie Book Award[1] INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award, Silver[2] |
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Paco Ahlgren (born Frank Richard Ahlgren, III on November 19, 1968) is an American writer, musician, and financial journalist. His novel, Discipline, was published in July 2007 by Greenleaf Book Group; it went on to receive three awards for commercial fiction.[1][2][3]
Ahlgren began his musical career in 1987 as a teenager in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, playing shows with his band The Bentley Tock.[4] The band's first single, She, was the most requested song on WVUA-FM in 1988.[4] In 1989, they played a well-received show at the University of Alabama's Riverside Amphitheater and recorded a 6-song EP,[4] and then a full-length album in 1992 entitled Able.[5]
Ahlgren's novel, Discipline, received a favorable review from Jeffrey Satinover.[6] Discipline also received recommendations from The Midwest Book Review,[7] The Houston Press[8] and the Durango Herald.[9] It was selected as a 2007 Booksense Notable by the American Booksellers Association.[10] In 2009, it was optioned to become a motion picture, by David Permut and Steve Jones.[11]
Ahlgren is a contributing writer to Seeking Alpha.[12]
