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BIO
Tom
Wolfe grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from Washington
and Lee University. He received his doctorate in American Studies
from Yale University. Mr. Wolfe worked as a reporter for the Springfield
Union, The Washington Post, and the New York Herald Tribune. His
writing has also appeared in New York magazine, Esquire, and Harper's.
In 1965 Farrar, Straus and Giroux published THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE
STREAMLINE BABY, and in 1968 THE PUMP HORSE HOUSE GANG and THE ELECTRIC
KOOL-AID ACID TEST were published simultaneously. RADICAL CHIC and
MAU-MAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS was published in 1970.
In 1975 THE PAINTED WORD was published, an incandescent, hilarious
look at the world of modern art; it caused as much controversy as
anything Mr. Wolfe has written. MAUVE GLOVES AND THE MADMEN, CLUTTER
AND VINE, a collection of essays, was published in 1976.
THE RIGHT STUFF, a national bestseller, was published in 1979, and
won the American Book Award for general nonfiction. The American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters named Mr. Wolfe as recipient
of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for distinguished service
in the field of journalism. From BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE, his distinctive
look at contemporary architecture, was published in the fall of
1981 and became another national bestseller; in 1982, FSG published
THE PURPLE DECADES: A Reader. Mr. Wolfe's novel THE BONFIRE OF THE
VANITIES was published in 1987, and went on to become one of the
top ten bestselling books of the decade.
Tom Wolfe lives in New York City. He has also written A MAN IN FULL
and HOOKING UP.
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