Biography

Humes was born in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 and attended Hampshire College

Hampshire College

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 in Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts

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. In 1985 he moved to Southern California

Southern California

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.

In 1989 he received the Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting for several investigative stories he wrote about the United States military. Afterwards, he began writing non-fiction books.

In 2001, Humes spent a year teaching a writing workshop at Whitney High School

Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)

Gretchen A. Whitney High School, called Whitney High School or WHS, is a public school in Cerritos, California serving grades 7-12. It is in the ABC Unified School District.-History:...

 in Cerritos, California

Cerritos, California

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, a middle-class Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 suburb. His observations while at the school led to his much-applauded narrative non-fiction book School of Dreams, published in 2004.

Since 2001, Humes has worked as a writer for Los Angeles

Los Angeles (magazine)

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magazine.

Non-fiction

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True crime

• Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia, Pocket, ISBN 0-671-53505-6, December 1, 1995
• Buried Secrets: A True Story of Serial Murder, New Amer Library, ISBN 0-451-17164-0
• Murderer With a Badge|Murderer With a Badge: The Secret Life of a Rogue Cop, E P Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93498-7, November 1, 1992

Article

• Talk Radio Evolution, The Huffington Post
  The Huffington Post
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  , February 23, 2007.

External links

• Edward Humes' personal web site