Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman is an internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist. He joined The New York Times in 1981, after which he served as the Beirut bureau chief in 1982, Jerusalem bureau chief in 1984, and then in Washington as the diplomatic correspondent in 1989, and later the White House correspondent and economic correspondent. He became the paper’s foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist in 1995.

Mr. Friedman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting (from Lebanon) and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting (from Israel). He also won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

Mr. Friedman is the author of "From Beirut to Jerusalem", which won the National Book Award in 1989. He has written several other books, including "Hot, Flat and Crowded", an international best seller.

Born in Minneapolis, Mr. Friedman received a B.A. degree in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University in 1975. In 1978 he received a master’s in modern Middle East studies from Oxford.