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I was born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I went to Brussels as a copy editor for the Wall Street Journal/Europe. I left the Journal to write for the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, covering NATO and the European Union. In 1987 I moved to Seoul, South Korea, where I wrote primarily for theWashington Post. After three years in Asia I moved to Budapest to cover Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I spent most of 1992 and 1993 covering the war in Bosnia for the Post.

My first book, Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The book, which chronicled my experiences covering the Bosnian conflict, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for nonfiction and the Overseas Press Club Book Prize, and was a finalist for several other literary awards.

In 1997, after working for a year in Washington as a staff writer for the Post, I left the paper and moved to New York City, where I wrote for the New York Times Magazine,the New Yorker, the New York Review

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Peter Maas

American journalist and author (1929–2001)

This article is about the journalist who covered mainly police and crime. For the journalist covering mainly international affairs, see Peter Maass.

Peter Maas (June 27, 1929 – August 23, 2001) was an American journalist and author. He was born in New York City and attended Duke University. Maas had Dutch and Irish ancestry.^[1]

He was the biographer of Frank Serpico, a New York City Police officer who testified against police corruption.^[1] He is also the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Underboss, about the life and times of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.

His other notable bestsellers include The Valachi Papers, Manhunt, and In a Child's Name, recipient of the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book. The Valachi Papers, which told the story of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi, is widely considered to be a seminal work, as it spawned an entire genre of books written by or about former Mafiosi. In May 1966, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach had asked a district court to s

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Peter Maass

American journalist

This article is about the journalist covering mainly international affairs. For the journalist known for his work on organized crime, see Peter Maas.

Peter Maass (born 1960) is an Americanjournalist and author.

Life and career

Maass was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine. He has mainly covered international stories and has lived in Belgium, South Korea, and Hungary. In 1996 he published his first book Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War. It told of his experiences covering the conflict in Bosnia.^[1]

In 1996, Maass wrote an article for U.S. News & World Report which advocated liberalizing zoning laws to promote affordable housing for lower-income families. In the article he praised Jack Kemp for proposing this idea which was later rejected by both the George H. W. Bush and the Bill Clinton administrations.^[2]

Two years later, Maass reported