Tom Wolfe

Biography

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist known for his association with New Journalism. He began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, gaining national prominence with books such as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. His influential book The Right Stuff about the Mercury Seven astronauts was adapted into a film in 1983, while his novel The Bonfire of the Vanities earned critical acclaim upon its release in 1987.