Tom McNeal
Tom McNeal was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, but spent part of every summer at...
(b. 1972) is a writer and journalist. His first book, Pol Pot’s Smile (2006) was a critically acclaimed work of literary nonfiction.
It rendered him instant recognition as one of his generation’s most important writers and sold in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Poland, Italy and Russia. Peter was shortlisted for Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Prize in Sweden, and the Kapuscinski Prize for nonfiction in Poland.
Tom McNeal was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, but spent part of every summer at...
as born in Minsk, in the former Soviet Union, in 1979, and emigrated to the United States...