Tom Folsom is a writer living in New York City. He is best known as the author of a bestselling biography of Crazy Joe Gallo, The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld. On March 5, 2013, the It Books imprint of HarperCollins published Folsom's definitive biography on Dennis Hopper, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream, charting the actor's wide-ranging career and place in American popular culture in art, music, photography and film.[1]
Tom Folsom | |
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| Born | Tom Folsom 1974 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Notable works | Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream, The Mad Ones, Mr. Untouchable |
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Background and education
editFolsom graduated from the University of Georgia in 1996 with a degree in journalism. He also attended New York University.
Books
editFolsom's book, The Mad Ones, was published by Weinstein Books on May 5, 2009 and became a New York Times bestseller. In 2009 the audio book of The Mad Ones was released. Folsom, according to The New York Times, “deftly invokes a wacky world and the kind of characters celebrated by Jack Kerouac.”[2] The title comes from the Jack Kerouac quote, “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn.”[3] He is the co-author of a biography of drug-kingpin Leroy Barnes, Mr. Untouchable: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Heroin's Teflon Don, written with its subject in Witness Protection.
Journalism
editHis documentaries have appeared at Sundance, on A&E and Showtime.
He has also appeared on The Daily Show and NPR's Fresh Air.
References
edit- ^ Amazon page.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (8 May 2009). "Tours, Tycoons and Crazy Joe". The New York Times.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (8 May 2009). "Tours, Tycoons and Crazy Joe". The New York Times.