Tom Carson (2)

Born: 23 May 1956, Germany Journalist and author. Los Angeles Weekly, Los Angeles, CA, staff writer, 1988-93; Village Voice, New York, NY, staff writer, 1994-99; Esquire, New York, NY, author of column "Screen," 1999—; freelance writer. AWARDS, HONORS: Atlantic Monthly writing scholarship, 1973; Samual Shellabarger Award, Princeton University, 1977, for Esquire column; National Magazine Award for Criticism, American Society of Magazine Editors, 2000.