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Tom Reiss
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Tom Reiss is an American author, historian, and journalist known for narrative nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Black Count (2012).
Biography
Tom Reiss (born May 5, 1964) is an American author, historian, and journalist who has written three nonfiction books. His 2012 book, The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. His earlier works include Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi (1996), described as the first inside exposé of the European neo-Nazi movement, and The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life (2005), which became an international bestseller.
As a journalist, Reiss has contributed pieces to publications including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
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Books by Tom Reiss
The Black Count
The Black Count explores the life and career of Thomas Alexandre Dumas, whose swashbuckling exploits appear in The Three Musketeers and whose trials and triumphs helped inspire The Count of Monte Cristo. The book received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.