About the Author
Winner of a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism, Steve Coll has been managing editor of The Washington Post since 1998 and covered Afghanistan as the Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992. Coll is the author of four books, He lives with his wife and three children in show more Maryland show less
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Works by Steve Coll
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (2004) 2,441 copies
The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the Most Spectacular - and Catastrophic - Takeover of All Time (1601) 60 copies
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- Legal name
- Coll, Stephen Wilson
- Birthdate
- 1958-10-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Education
- Occidental College (BA|English and History|1980)
- Occupations
- journalist
administrator
professor (journalism) - Relationships
- Coll, Susan (spouse)
- Organizations
- The Washington Post
New America Foundation
The New Yorker
Columbia University School of Journalism
Pulitzer Prize Board - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (1990)
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (2005)
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award (2009)
Arthur Ross Book Award (2005)
Livingston Award (1992)
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award (2000) (show all 9)
Lionel Gelber Prize (2004)
Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (2012)
National Book Critics Circle Award (2008 and 2012) - Agent
- Melanie Jackson
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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- Favorited
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