Wayne Hoffman | |
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Occupation | Deputy editor at Nextbook Press Managing editor at Tablet Magazine |
Language | English language |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Tufts University New York University |
Notable works | Sweet Like Sugar |
Notable awards | Barbara Gittings Literature Award |
Spouse | Mark Sullivan |
For the American mentalist and illusionist, see Wayne Hoffman.
Wayne Hoffman is an American author and journalist.
Hoffman has contributed to The Village Voice , The Huffington Post , The Washington Post , The Advocate , Hadassah Magazine , and The New York Blade . [1] He was managing editor at Billboard until 2003, [2] and later held the same post at The Jewish Daily Forward . [3] As of January 2014 [update] he is deputy editor at Nextbook Press, a New York-based Jewish small press, in which capacity he also serves as managing editor for Tablet Magazine . [4]
Hoffman is a graduate of Tufts University and New York University. He is married to fellow journalist Mark Sullivan. [5]
His second novel, Sweet Like Sugar, received the Barbara Gittings Literature Award as part of the 2012 Stonewall Book Awards. [6]
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