Howell Raines author biography, plus links to books by Howell Raines.

Howell Raines

Howell Raines was born and began his career in Alabama. He was the executive editor of The New York Times until he resigned as after the Jayson Blair scandal in 2003.

Raines is the author of numerous books including The One that Got Away, Whiskey Man, and My Soul Is Rested, an oral history of the Civil Rights movement. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1992, and lives with his wife, Krystyna, in Pennsylvania.

This biography was last updated on 05/02/2006.

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