E. L. Doctorow

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York, New York) is the author of several critically acclaimed novels that blend history and social criticism. Currently, he holds the Glucksman Chair in American Letters at New York University.

Works

• (1960) Welcome to Hard Times
• (1966) Big As Life
• (1971) The Book of Daniel. Nominated for a National Book Award, it fictionalized the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.
• (1975) Ragtime. After receiving the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and the Arts and Letters Award, it was transformed into a film (Ragtime (film)) in 1980 and a musical (Ragtime (musical)) in 1998.
• (1979) Drinks Before Dinner (play)
• (1980) Loon Lake
• (1982) American Anthem
• (1984) '
• (1985) World's Fair. Received the 1986 National Book Award.
• (1989) Billy Bathgate. Nominated for the Pulitzer and won the PEN/Faulkner award. Made into a major motion picture in 1991, which Doctorow--along with most of those involved in its production-- have disowned.
• (1994) Waterworks
• (2000) City of God
• (2003) Reporting the Universe (nonfiction)
• (2004) Sweet Land Stories
• (2005) The March