Thomas Mallon
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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.