Thurston Clarke

Thurston Clarke

Fellow: Awarded 1978
Field of Study: General Nonfiction

Competition: US & Canada

Thurston Clarke has written eleven widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including three New York Times Notable Books.  His Pearl Harbor Ghosts was the basis of a CBS documentary, and his bestselling Lost Hero, a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, was made into an award-winning NBC miniseries.  His articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and many other publications.   In addition to his Guggenheim Fellowship, he is the recipient of a Lowell Thomas Travel Award for literature, and other honors.  Mr. Clarke lives with his wife and three daughters in upstate New York. 

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