T.J. Stiles, a native of Foley, Minn., and a graduate of Carleton College, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for 2011. Stiles won both a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his most recent book, "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt."
He is also the author of a biography of Jesse James. He now lives in California.
You can read a Star Tribune interview with Stiles here.
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