Tom Wolfe
<DIV><B>Tom Wolfe</B> is the author of more than a dozen books, among them <I>The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test</I>, <I>The Right Stuff</I>, <I>The Bonfire of the Vanities</I>, <I>A Man in Full</I>, <I>I Am Charlotte Simmons</I>, and <I>Back to Blood</I>. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale. He received the National Book Foundation's 2010 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in New York City.</DIV>