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Ron Powers
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Ron Powers is an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His works include No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America; White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal; Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, and Mark Twain: A Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. With James Bradley, Powers co-wrote the 2000 number-one New York Times Bestseller Flags of Our Fathers. The book won the Colby Award the following year. It was made into a film in 2006, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Clint Eastwood. Powers co-wrote with Ted Kennedy his memoir, True Compass in 2009.
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Ron Powers was born in Hannibal, the same town that inspired much of Mark Twain's work.
His distinguished career spans both journalism and the writing of biographies and essays.
He is the author of Flags of our fathers, one of his most internationally recognized works.
Throughout his career, he has published a total of 31 works exploring American history and culture.
His work is characterized by a deep interest in the figure of Mark Twain and United States history.