John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an 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 (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.
four daughters of first marriage, Jenny, Martha, Laura, Sarah
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He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to Arts and Literature.
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He was nominated for the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters Category.
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He was awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Price in Non-Fiction. He teaches a writing seminar class at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Princeton University.
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Princeton, New Jersey [December 2010]
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He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the General Category.
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He graduated with a Master's degree from Cambridge University in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
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He graduated from Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey in 1948.
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He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey with a Bachelor's degree.
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Casey's Shadow
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short story "Ruidoso"
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1956 writer - 1 episode, 1955
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