wordsmith

When he saw a class solely focused on “El Divo de Juárez,” whom his grandmother loved, he recognized the opportunity to learn the language from a master wordsmith.

Such a wordsmith who doesn’t need pollsters and focus groups to tell him what to say is priceless.

An astute wordsmith who writes novels in between TV shows, the Austin, Texas-based creator and showrunner excels in telling faux true-crime stories from the heartland populated with dead bodies, homespun wit and morally conflicted characters.

“Every morning reading him was like going to journalism school. He was one of the best and smartest wordsmiths in this city’s history.”

“Here’s all these lyrical masters, who are not that much older than my brother or my younger uncle, who were just these wordsmiths, and I just was mesmerized by it.”