Bill Buford

Bill Buford is an American author and journalist known for his nonfiction works 'Among the Thugs' and 'Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany.' He has been a staff writer and European correspondent for The New Yorker since 1995 and was the founding editor of the literary magazine Granta.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Oct 6, 1954 Wikipedia
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