Tony Horwitz

For the British novelist, see Anthony Horowitz.

Tony Horwitz
Born	Anthony Lander Horwitz (1958-06-09) June 9, 1958 Washington D.C.
Occupation	Journalist, writer
Nationality	American
Education	Sidwell Friends School, Brown University, Columbia School of Journalism
Genre	Non-fiction, travel and description, military history, biography
Subject	Civil War, maritime discoveries
Notable awards	1994 James Aronson Award, 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Spouse	Geraldine Brooks (m. 1984)
Children	2
Website
tonyhorwitz.com

Tony Horwitz (born June 9, 1958) is an American journalist and author who won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

His books include One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback (1987), Baghdad Without a Map (1991), Confederates in the Attic (1998), Blue Latitudes (AKA Into the Blue) (2002), A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (2008), and his most recent book Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (2011).

Early life and education

He was born Anthony Lander Horwitz in Washington, D.C., the son of Norman Harold Horwitz, a neurosurgeon, and Elinor Lander Horwitz, a writer. Horwitz is an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, D.C. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa as a history major from Brown University and received a master's degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Writing career

Horwitz won a 1994 James Aronson Award and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about working conditions in low-wage America published in The Wall Street Journal. He also worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker and as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

He documented his venture into e-publishing and reaching best-seller status in that venue in an opinion article for The New York Times.

Personal life

Horwitz married the Australian writer Geraldine Brooks in France, in 1984. She has also won the Pulitzer Prize, in 2006, for her novel, March (2005). They have two children.

Works

• One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback. Harper & Row Publishers. 1987. ISBN 978-0063120952. OCLC 26195613.
• Baghdad Without A Map. Angus & Robertson. 1991. ISBN 978-0-207-17168-0.
• Confederates in the Attic. Pantheon Books. 1998. ISBN 978-0-679-43978-3.
• Blue Latitudes. Macmillan. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8050-6541-1. OCLC 49626343.
• Into the Blue. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7475-6455-3.
• The Devil May Care: 50 Intrepid Americans and Their Quest for the Unknown. Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-516922-5. OCLC 52477250.
• A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World. Henry Holt. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8050-7603-5. OCLC 180989602.
• Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War. Henry Holt. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8050-9153-3. OCLC 697267337.
• BOOM: Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. Amazon Digital Services. 2014.

External links

• Author's official website
• Writer's Talk Interview