For the early 20th century American novelist, see Thomas Wolfe.

Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist, best known as one of the founders of the new journalism. He graduated from St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia before attending Washington and Lee University as an undergraduate. He then went on to graduate from Yale University with a Ph.D. in American Studies.

Career

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Journalism and New Journalism

Wolfe took his first newspaper job in 1956 and eventually worked for the Washington Post and the New York Herald Tribune among others. While there he experimented with using fictional techniques in feature stories.

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