Pete Hamill

Who is Pete Hamill?

Pete Hamill (born June 24, 1935) is an American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. Widely traveled and having written on a broad range of topics, he is perhaps best known for his career as a New York City journalist, as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime."[1] Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and The New York Daily News.