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Pete Hamill
About the authorPete Hamill was bornin Brooklyn,N.Y.in1935.Heistheoldestof sevenchildrenofIrishimmigrants and attended Catholicschools as a child.At 16 he worked in theBrooklynNavy Yard as a worker,andlaterwent on to the United States Navy.Whileserving in the Navy, he completed his highschool education.Then..he attendedMexico City College in 1956-1957, studyingpainting and writing
About the author Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1935. He is the oldest of seven children of Irish immigrants and attended Catholic schools as a child. At 16 he worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a worker, and later went on to the United States Navy. While serving in the Navy, he completed his high school education. Then, he attended Mexico City College in 1956-1957, studying painting and writing
in 1960,he went to work as a reporter for theNew York Post.A long career in journalismfollowed.Hehas been a columnist for theNew York Post,the Daily News, and NewYork Newsday,and has won manyjournalistic awards.As a journalist, he hascovered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua,Lebanon and Northern Ireland. He has alsocovered murders, crime, the police, alongwith the great domestic disturbances of the1960s.His work has also beenpublishedinall the major magazines.He is currently onthe staff of theNew Yorker福
in 1960, he went to work as a reporter for the New York Post. A long career in journalism followed. He has been a columnist for the New York Post, the Daily News, and New York Newsday, and has won many journalistic awards. As a journalist, he has covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Northern Ireland. He has also covered murders, crime, the police, along with the great domestic disturbances of the 1960s. His work has also been published in all the major magazines. He is currently on the staff of the New Yorker
At the same time.Hamill has pursued a careeras a fiction writer, and has produced 8 novelsand2collectionsof shortstories,2collectionsof his journalism. Of them his novel, Snow inAugust (1997),was on the New York Timesbestsellerlist for four months.and has beenpublished in more than a dozen foreigneditions. And His memoir, A Drinking Lifewas on the same New York Times list for13 weeks.11福崇
At the same time, Hamill has pursued a career as a fiction writer, and has produced 8 novels and 2 collections of short stories, 2 collections of his journalism. Of them his novel, Snow in August (1997),was on the New York Times bestseller list for four months, and has been published in more than a dozen foreign editions. And His memoir, A Drinking Life, was on the same New York Times list for 13 weeks