Thomas Mallon

Novelist

Birthday November 2, 1951

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace New York

Age 74 years old

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About

An American novelist, literary critic, and non-fiction author, he is best known for such historical fiction works as Watergate and Henry and Clara. His non-fiction works include Yours Ever, A Book of One's Own, and Stolen Words.

Before fame

He attended Brown University and later earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard.

Trivia

He received both an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and a Rockefeller Fellowship. In 2012, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Family life

He grew up on Long Island. He and his partner later settled in Washington, D.C.

Associated with

He was the literary editor of GQ; David Furnish was a contributor to the same magazine.