About
Author and journalist who once served as the executive editor of PBS NewsHour, a news program on PBS. He wrote the novel Short List in 1992.
Before Fame
He studied at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, where he matriculated in 1956.
Trivia
He won numerous awards over the course of his lengthy career, including a National Humanities Medal in 1999.
Family Life
He married his wife, fellow novelist Kate Lehrer, in 1960. They had three daughters together.
Associated With
He and politician Jay Nixon both graduated from the University of Missouri.
