PERSON: Tim Weiner

Author

Tim Weiner (born June 20, 1956) is an American reporter and author. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.

Weiner was born June 20, 1956, to a Jewish family in White Plains, New York. His parents, Dora and Herbert Weiner, were both professors.

Weiner graduated from Columbia University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1979.

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