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Michael Paterniti is an American writer known for magazine articles in publications such as Harper's, the New Yorker, GQ, and Esquire, as well as his book The Telling Room (2013). [1] [2]

Paterniti lives in Portland, Maine and was born in Darien, Connecticut. After his graduation from the University of Michigan, Paterniti pursued a career as an editor and magazine writer.

Paterniti is the author of "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain", his account of a cross-country car trip with the pathologist who performed Albert Einstein’s autopsy and Einstein’s brain itself. The book won the 1998 National Magazine award.

In 2015, he published a collection of his best magazine stories, Love And Other Ways Of Dying: Essays. It was longlisted for the National Book Awards in that year. [3]

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References

  1. "Hot summer author: Michael Paterniti" . Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  2. "Hurting for words" . Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  3. "Love and Other Ways of Dying: Essays". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-24.