Ron Powers
Ron Powers (born November 18, 1941) is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His works include ''No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America''; ''White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal''; ''Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain'', and ''Mark Twain: A Life'', a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. With James Bradley, he co-wrote the 2000 #1 ''New York Times'' Bestseller ''Flags of Our Fathers.'' The book won the Colby Award the following year. It was made into a movie in 2006, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Clint Eastwood. With Ted Kennedy, he co-wrote his memoir, ''True Compass'' in 2009.''No One Cares About Crazy People'' was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. The ''Washington Post'' named it a Notable Book of the Year, and ''People'' named it a Top Ten Book of the Year.
As TV and radio columnist for ''Chicago Sun-Times'', Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1973 for his critical writing about television during 1972. He was the first television critic to win the Pulitzer Prize.
In 1985, Powers won an Emmy Award for his work on ''CBS News Sunday Morning''. In 1993 he completed a biography of Muppets creator Jim Henson that was scheduled to be published in October 1994, but after objections from the Henson family Random House declined to release it. Provided by Wikipedia
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