ArtistInfo

Pete Hamill

*1935 US
of Jazz and Spoken Word

This is Pete Hamill (one 'm') the American writer. For Peter Hammill (two 'm's), the British musician, use Peter Hammill. 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." Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and The New York Daily News.

Genres

• Jazz
• Spoken Word