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Best of the Rest

THE BEST OF THE REST

Best Local Author

Thomas L. Friedman

 

“The world for me is a puzzle,” Thomas Friedman says, explaining how he selects topics for his books. “I am always trying to figure it out.”

The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times columnist is the author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded, The World Is Flat and From Beirut to Jerusalem. Originally from a Minneapolis suburb, the Bethesda resident says, “I kind of imagine myself explaining the Middle East, environmentalism and the flat world to an educated Midwestern mom.”

Friedman, 57, travels frequently. His motto: “You don’t know if you don’t go.” His next book topic: America.

Other top vote-getters: Edward Ugel, Alice McDermott, George Pelecanos 

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