Thomas Mallon

Thomas Mallon is a renowned American author, known for his works of fiction. He has a distinguished academic background, having attended Brown University as an undergraduate and earning a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from Harvard. Mallon has received numerous accolades for his writing, including the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1994 and a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1987.

Before becoming a full-time author, Mallon taught English at Vassar College from 1979-1991. He then went on to serve as the literary editor of GQ, where he wrote the "Doubting Thomas" column for ten years. Mallon has also contributed to several other prominent publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Scholar, and Harper's.

In addition to his work as a novelist, Mallon has also written four works of nonfiction. He is perhaps best known for his novels Henry and Clara, Two Moons, Dewey Defeats Truman, Aurora 7, Bandbox, and Fellow Travelers. Mallon has a distinguished record of public service, having been appointed to the National Council on the Humanities in 2002 and serving as the Director of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2004. He then served as Deputy Chairman of the NEH.

Mallon is currently the Director of the Creative Writing Program at The George Washington University and lives in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. His writing is highly regarded for its literary merit and his contributions to the field of American literature are significant.