Tom Wolfe grew up
in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from Washington and Lee
University. He received his doctorate in American Studies from Yale
University. Mr. Wolfe worked as a reporter for the Springfield
Union, The Washington Post, and the New York Herald Tribune. His
writing has also appeared in New York magazine, Esquire, and
Harper's.

In 1965 Farrar, Straus and Giroux published THE KANDY-KOLORED
TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY, and in 1968 THE PUMP HORSE HOUSE
GANG and THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST were published
simultaneously. RADICAL CHIC and MAU-MAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS was
published in 1970.

In 1975 THE PAINTED WORD was published, an incandescent, hilarious
look at the world of modern art; it caused as much controversy as
anything Mr. Wolfe has written. MAUVE GLOVES AND THE MADMEN,
CLUTTER AND VINE, a collection of essays, was published in
1976.

THE RIGHT STUFF, a national bestseller, was published in 1979, and
won the American Book Award for general nonfiction. The American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters named Mr. Wolfe as
recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for distinguished
service in the field of journalism. From BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE, his
distinctive look at contemporary architecture, was published in the
fall of 1981 and became another national bestseller; in 1982, FSG
published THE PURPLE DECADES: A Reader. Mr. Wolfe's novel THE
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES was published in 1987, and went on to
become one of the top ten bestselling books of the decade.

Tom Wolfe lives in New York City. He has also written A MAN IN FULL
and HOOKING UP.

Books by Tom Wolfe

I Am Charlotte Simmons

by Tom Wolfe - Fiction

A Man in Full

by Tom Wolfe - Fiction, General Fiction

Hooking Up

by Tom Wolfe - Nonfiction

Ambush at Fort Bragg

by Tom Wolfe - Audiobook