Tracy Kidder

John Tracy Kidder (1945–2026) was an American nonfiction writer and literary journalist born in New York City. He gained fame with his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Soul of a New Machine (1981), chronicling the development of a computer at Data General, and authored other acclaimed works like House (1985), Among Schoolchildren (1989), Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003), and Strength in What Remains (2009). A Harvard graduate and Vietnam veteran, Kidder earned numerous awards including the National Book Award and Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his immersive narratives on diverse topics from technology to global health.