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(1935-2020) Journalist, columnist, novelist, essayist. Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York.

Full Name

Pete Hamill

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


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Mr. Hamill attended Regis High School in Manhattan, New York.

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OTHER

Mr. Hamill worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a time.

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OTHER

Mr. Hamill studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

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RESIDENCE

Mr. Hamill lived for many years in TriBeCa, in Lower Manhattan, New York.

1935

BIRTH

William Peter Hamill Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 24, 1935.

1968

LITWORK

A Killing For Christ
World Publishing Co.

Novel.

1971

LITWORK

Irrational Ravings
Putnam

Nonfiction.

1994

LITWORK

A Drinking Life: A Memoir
Little, Brown & Company
0316341088 ISBN-13: 978-0316341080
Memoir.

1996

LITWORK

Piecework: Writings on Men & Women, Fools & Heroes, Lost Cities,Vanished Friends..
Little, Brown and Company
0316341045 ISBN-13: 978-0316341042
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

Snow In August
Little, Brown and Company
032916483X ISBN-13: 978-0329164836
Novel.

1998

LITWORK

Why Sinatra Matters
Little, Brown and Company
0316347965 ISBN-13: 978-0316347969
Nonfiction.

2003

LITWORK

Forever: A Novel
Back Bay Books
0316735698 ISBN-13: 978-0316735698
Novel.

2004

LITWORK

Downtown, My Manhattan
Little, Brown and Company
0316734519 ISBN-13: 978-0316734516
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

The Gift: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company (first published 1973)


0316011894 / 9780316011891
Novel.

2011

LITWORK

Tabloid City: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
031617808X ISBN-13: 978-0316178082
Novel.

2020

RESIDENCE

Mr. Hamill lived in Brooklyn, New York, at the time of his death.

2020

DEATH

Pete Hamill died at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on August 5, 2020.

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