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Thomas Maier is an author, journalist, and television producer. His book '' Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love'' is the basis for the drama ''
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in 2013. He is the author of ''When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys'', a history of the two dynastic families. His other books include ''The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings'', a multi-generational history of the Kennedy family and the impact of their Irish-Catholic background on their lives, and ''Dr. Spock: An American Life'', named a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1998 by ''
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and A&E biography documentary. His 1994 book, ''Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It'', won the Frank Luther Mott Award by the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication for best media book of the year. Maier joined '' Newsday'' in 1984 after working at the ''
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''. He has won several top honours, including the national Society of Professional Journalists' top reporting prize on two occasions, the National Headliner Award, the
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, and the New York Deadline Club award. In 2002, he won the
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' top prize for a series about immigrant workplace deaths. At the
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, he won the John M. Patterson Prize for television documentary production and later received the John McCloy Journalism Fellowship to Europe. He also has a B.A. in political science from Fordham University in the Bronx. He lives on Long Island, New York.


Bibliography

* ''Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It'' (1994) * ''Dr. Spock: An American Life'' (1998) * ''The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings'' (2003) * '' Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love'' (2009) * ''When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys'' (2014) * ''Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro'' (2019),
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Awards

* 1986: National
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, Society of Professional Journalists, "The Confession-Takers" series. * 1994: Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for ''Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It''. * 1998: New York Times Notable Book of The Year, Author ''Dr. Spock: An American Life''. * 2002: ICIJ, now known as Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, Death on the Job: Immigrants at Risk. * 2010: National Headliners Award, ''Fallout: The Legacy of Brookhaven Lab in the Pacific''. * 2012: Sigma Delta Chi Award, The Society of Professional Journalist, Online Investigative Reporting. * 2012: Society of American Business Editors and Writers ''Best in Business''. * 2012: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Finalist with NPR. * 2012, Karpoor Chandra Kulish (KCK) International Award for Excellence in Print Journalism, Winner. * 2013, Critics Choice Television Award, "Most Exciting New Series,"Author/Producer ''Masters of Sex''. * 2014, Golden Globes, Best Drama Nominee, Author/Producer ''Masters of Sex''. * 2014, American Film Institute (AFI), TV Program of The Year, Author/Producer ''Masters of Sex''. * 2014: New York Press Club, Television, ''The Body Business'', News 12 Long Island/Newsday. * 2016, USC Scripter Award, Nominated, Author/Producer ''Masters of Sex''.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maier, Thomas American male journalists People from Long Island Living people Fordham University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Year of birth missing (living people)