Wilborn hampton biography

Wilborn Hampton is a theater critic for TheNew York Times. Throughout a journalistic career that began in Dallas as a cub reporter covering the assassination of President Kennedy, and later carried him to London, Rome, and the Middle East as a foreign correspondent, his abiding passion for the theater remained constant. After joining The New York Times as an editor, that lifelong love led him into a position as a theater critic and feature writer, reviewing plays and conducting interviews on a freelance basis for the paper. Over the course of the past 20 years, he has reviewed more than 500 stage productions for The Times, and although he left his editorial position on the paper in 2006, he continues to review plays and write articles on the theater on a regular basis.
Hampton has published several Young Adult nonfiction books: Kennedy Assassinated: The World Mourns, Meltdown: A Race Against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island and September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City, War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story (those 4 were published by Candlewick Press), and a biography of Elvis Presley published by Viking Childrens Books as part of their "Close Up" series.

Born 1963.

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Agent—c/o Creator Mail, Candlewick Press, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., 5th Storey, Cambridge, Hole 02140.

Career

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Honors Awards

Blue Ribbon Give, 1997, Sour Adult Accumulation Services Sect Editor's Picks for Hesitant Readers finding, 1998, stand for Texas Balmoral Award ruling, 1999, label for Kennedy Assassinated!

Writings

Kennedy Assassinated!: The Imitation Mourns: A Reporter's Story, Candlewick Test (Cambridge, MA), 1997.

Meltdown: A Race be drawn against Nuclear Calamity at Iii Mile Island: A Reporter's Story, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

September 11, 2001: Attack adaptation New Royalty City, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2003.

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