Tom Shroder

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Tom Shroder (born 1954 in

Washington Post
for many years.

Biography

Shroder is the author of The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived: A True Story of My Family (2016) an investigation into the life of his grandfather, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Old Souls: Scientific Evidence From Children Who Remember Previous Lives (1999), based on the work of Canadian psychiatrist Ian Stevenson
.

Naked Came the Manatee (1996) was conceived and edited by Shroder.[4] Seeing the Light: Wilderness and Salvation: A Photographer’s Tale (1995) was written by him and John Barry.

As editor of

The Washington Post Magazine, he oversaw staff writer Gene Weingarten's two Pulitzer Prize-winning feature stories, "Fiddler in the Subway" (2008) and "Fatal Distraction" (2010).[5] As an independent editor he has edited such New York Times bestsellers as Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One has the Time by Brigid Schulte and Top Secret America by Dana Priest and William Arkin. Shroder also edited and serves as advisor to the play The Manic Monologues.[6]

Shroder's The Hunt for Bin Laden (2011) based on 15 years working for the

Tropic Hunt, a mass-participation puzzle attended by thousands each year, which has become the Herald Hunt in Miami and the Post Hunt in Washington.[4]

In September 2016, Shroder joined

Fusion as standards editor.[7]

Shroder attended the University of Florida.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cheever, Susan (2016-09-30). "Toil, toil, great writer, for anonymity awaits". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. ^ Book review: ‘Acid Test,’ on psychedelic drug therapy for PTSD, by Tom Shroder. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  3. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times". Retrieved January 20, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Tom Shroder: Author and Editor". Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  5. ^ "Tom Shroder". Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  6. ^ Karla Kane (24 April 2019). "'The Manic Monologues' puts a spotlight on mental illness"". Palo Alto Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Fusion Adds Tom Shroder and Lynn Medford". Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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