Over his long career, Kidder’s writing has been prolific and outstanding. The Soul of a New Machine—a book celebrated for its insight into the world of high-tech corporate America—earned him a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award in 1982. Other bestselling works include House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, and Home Town. 

Kidder’s latest New York Times bestseller Rough Sleepers introduces readers to Dr. Jim O’Connell, who helped create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community, and some of the people he has cared for over the years. Today, Dr. O’Connell and his colleagues lead an organization that includes clinics affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Medical Center, and a host of teams including a street team who reach rough sleepers by van. Kidder spent time over five years riding with Dr. O’Connell as he navigated the city at night, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, and friendship to some of the city’s endangered citizens. 

Born in New York City in 1945, Kidder spent his childhood in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He earned a BA from Harvard in 1967. From June 1968 until June 1969, he served as a lieutenant in Vietnam, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star, an experience chronicled in his memoir My Detachment.

After the war, Kidder obtained his MA from the University of Iowa, where he attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times. 

Kidder lives with his wife in western Massachusetts. 

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