Tom Junod’s biography. He will be at Mizzou, March 5-6, 2009

From John Fennell:

Tom Junod started his journalism career at Atlanta Magazine, before moving on to Life, Sports Illustrated, GQ, and Esquire.

At GQ, Junod won two National Magazine Awards, the first for a profile of an abortion doctor, the second for a profile of a rapist undergoing therapy while enduring what is known as "civil commitment."

In eleven years as Writer-At-Large at Esquire, Junod has written profiles of Kevin Spacey, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Fred Rogers, FBI counter-terrorist expert John O'Neill, Steve Jobs, and Nicole Kidman, among others, and reported on American hostages in Ecuador and American snipers accused of murder in Iraq. His noted 2003 piece, "The Falling Man," was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, as was his 2007 story, “The Loved Ones.”

A 10-time National Magazine Award finalist, Junod, 51, whose first job out of college was selling handbags, splits his time between Atlanta, Ga,. and Shelter Island, N.Y., with his wife, Janet, and their daughter Antonia Li.