Tom Reiss

Tom Reiss is an author, historian, and biographer whose work resurrects the lives of brilliant outsiders and rebels in times of global upheaval. His most recent book, "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo," won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN Award. He is also the author of "The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life," a finalist for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize, and Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi, the first inside exposé of the European neo-Nazi movement. His books have been translated into more than 35 languages. Before he supported himself with his writing, Tom worked as a hospital orderly, small business entrepreneur, and an actor in Japanese gangster movies.