Sam Anderson (writer)

Sam Anderson is an American author, who is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine[1] and the author of Boom Town, a book about Oklahoma City.[2] In 2017, he won a National Magazine Award for his article about Michelangelo's David.[3] Prior to this, he was a book critic for the magazine New York .[4] In 2007 he received the Balakian Award for Excellence in Criticism from the National Book Critics Circle.[5]

Anderson holds a master's degree from Louisiana State University.[6]

Works

• Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis, Crown, 2018, ISBN 978-0804137317

References

1. "Just One More Game," The New York Times Magazine, April 4, 2012
2. Vaughan, Carson (26 September 2018). "Book Review: Boom Town Explodes the Notion of 'Flyover' Territory". The Atlantic.
3. "Here Are Our Stories That Won the Biggest Awards in the Magazine World". New York Times Magazine. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
4. Wellen, Brad (December 22, 2010). "Lindgren Does It Again: Sam Anderson To New York Times Magazine". Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2019. Alt URL
5. National Book Critics Circle: Balakian Award
6. "The Rumpus Interview with Sam Anderson," The Rumpus, July 29, 2009

External links

• "National Book Critics Circle Awards announced," Chicago Sun-Times, March 7, 2008