Writing · Novel · Original Story
Born May 8, 1937 · Long Island, New York, USA
Active 1989–present · Awards: MacArthur Fellows Program, National Book Award, William Faulkner Foundation Award, William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American author/writer. Upon graduation from CU., Pynchon had many options including teaching creative writing at Cornell, becoming a disk jockey, or a film critic for Esquire.