Steve Fiffer is an American author whose books include his memoir ''Three-Quarters, Two Dimes, and a Nickel''.

Education

Fiffer is a graduate of

New Trier High School New Trier High School (, also known as New Trier Township High School or NTHS) is a public four-year high school, with its main campus for sophomores through seniors located in Winnetka, Illinois, United States, and a campus in Northfield, Illinoi ...

. (1968)

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

1972 and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

Law School (1976).

Career

Fiffer has collaborated with civil rights lawyer Morris Dees and former Secretary of State James Baker on the ''New York Times'' bestseller, ''Work Hard, Study, and Keep Out of Politics''. Fiffer's non-fiction books include ''Jimmie Lee and James'', ''Tyrannosaurus Sue'', ''Fifty Ways to Help Your Community'', and ''How to Watch Baseball''. The winner of a

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, his work has appeared in numerous publications, including the ''

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Personal life

Fiffer and his wife Sharon, parents of three grown children, live in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...

References

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