Tom Reiss

Tom Reiss
Born (1964-05-05) May 5, 1964 (age 60)
New York City, New York, US
Occupation
  • Writer
  • historian
  • journalist
Alma materHarvard College
University of Houston
GenreHistorical biography
Notable worksFührer-Ex
The Orientalist
The Black Count
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize
2013
Children2
Website
tomreiss.com

Tom Reiss (born May 5, 1964) is an American author, historian, and journalist. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the latest of which is The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (2012), which received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. His previous books are Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi (1996), the first inside exposé of the European neo-Nazi movement; and The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life (2005), which became an international bestseller. As a journalist, Reiss has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.