John McPhee

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Birth Name: John Angus McPhee

Age: 93, born 8 March 1931

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Yolanda Whitman

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Description: American writer, widely considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World[1] (a collection of five books including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). In 2008 he received the George Polk Career Award for his "indelible mark on American journalism during his nearly half-century career." Since 1974, McPhee has been the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. ... (more)