Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder, born John Tracy Kidder in New York City in 1945, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author renowned for his nonfiction narratives on ordinary heroes and complex social issues. He graduated from Harvard in 1967, served as a lieutenant in Vietnam, and earned an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1974, later authoring acclaimed works like The Soul of a New Machine, Mountains Beyond Mountains, and Rough Sleepers. Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine and has received numerous awards including the National Book Award and Robert F. Kennedy Award.[1][2][3][4][5]