S. C. "Sam" Gwynne is an American writer. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from

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and a master's degree in writing from

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Life and career

Gwynne was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and grew up mainly in New Canaan, Connecticut. He attended secondary school at

The Hill School The Hill School (commonly known as The Hill) is a coeducational preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about northwest of Philadelphia. The Hill is part of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization (TSAO). ...

. He majored in history at

and graduated in 1974. He also has a master's degree in writing from

, where he was awarded a graduate fellowship and studied under novelist John Barth. He lives in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

with his wife, the artist Katie Maratta. Prior to his career as a journalist and historian, Gwynne was a French teacher at

Gilman School Gilman School is an all-boys independent school located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. There are three school divisions: Lower School, grades pre-kindergarten through five; Middle School, grades six through eight; and Up ...

in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an international banker with both Ameritrust in Cleveland, Ohio and First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles and traveled extensively overseas. He worked for ''

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'' magazine as a correspondent, bureau chief, and senior editor. He was later Executive Editor at ''

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''. His journalism has appeared in the ''New York Times'', ''Harper's, Los Angeles Times, Outside Magazine, Dallas Morning News, California Magazine'', and the ''Wall Street Journal,'' among others''.'' His New York Times Bestseller ''Empire of the Summer Moon'' (2010) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the General Nonfiction category and a finalist for the

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Stonewall Jackson — also a ''New York Times'' Bestseller — was a finalist for the PEN Award for Literary Biography and for the National Book Critics Circle Award in history. He is also the author of ''The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football'' (2016), and, most recently, ''Hymns of the Republic: the Story of The Final Year of the American Civil War (''2019)''.''

Works

*''Selling Money'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, . * ''The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI'', Random House, 1993 *''Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Tribe in American History'', Scribner, 2010, . * * ''The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football'', Scribner, 2016, * ''Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War'', Scribner, 2019,

Awards

* Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for a series of articles on the

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scandal *Jack Anderson Award For Best Investigative Reporting *National Headliners Club Award for Reporting *Oklahoma Book Award *Texas Book Award *John Hancock award for Excellence in Financial Reporting *National City and Regional Magazine Award for Writer of the Year *Selected for "Best American Crime Writing" 2006

References

External links

*http://www.scgwynne.com/ *http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-s-c-gwynne.htm * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gwynne, S. C. Living people Time (magazine) people People from Austin, Texas American male writers The Hill School alumni Princeton University alumni Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines Year of birth missing (living people)