Harry Hurt III
American author and journalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Hurt III (born November 13, 1951)[1] is an American author and journalist. He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Playboy. His books include Texas Rich, a biography of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and family; and Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (1993), an unauthorized biography of real estate mogul and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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Born | (1951-11-13) November 13, 1951 (age 72) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Choate School Harvard College |
Spouse |
Alison Becker (m. 1993) |
Parents | Harry Hurt Jr. Margaret (Birting) Hurt |
Hurt was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Margaret (Birting) Hurt and Harry Hurt Jr., who was president of Hurt Oil Company in Houston.[2][1] He graduated from Choate School in 1969 and Harvard College in 1974, where he wrote for the Harvard Crimson.[1][3] He worked for the Texas Monthly in Austin, serving as senior editor from 1975 to 1986. He later moved to Sag Harbor, New York, and married Alison Becker in 1993.[2][1] He also had an early career in professional golf, which he revisited in the mid-1990s in writing Chasing the Dream: A Mid-life Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit.[4]