Richard Kluger

Richard Kluger worked as a journalist before becoming an accomplished Pulitzer Prize-winning author and book publisher.

Journalism

Kluger began his career as a journalist, working for the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Post", and the "New York Herald Tribune" (he was its last literary editor).

Publishing

Kluger left journalism to serve as executive editor at Simon & Schuster and editor-in-chief at Atheneum.

Writing

Kluger has written books of fiction and social history. He is the author of six novels (and two others with his wife, Phyllis). Two of his books are National Book Award finalists, "Simple Justice" and "The Paper" (a history of the Herald Tribune). Moreover, his historical study of the American cigarette business, "Ashes to Ashes", won the Pulitzer Prize. Most recently, he has completed "Seizing Destiny", an extended investigation of how the current territory of the United States was amassed.

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* [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=15955 Random House Author Spotlight: Richard Kluger]