Tom Reiss | |
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| Born | May 5, 1964 New York City, New York, US |
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| Alma mater | Harvard College University of Houston |
| Genre | Historical biography |
| Notable works | Führer-Ex The Orientalist The Black Count |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize 2013 |
| Children | 2 |
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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.