1982 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder memorably records the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company’s efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the comp…

Basin and Range

John McPhee

Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor

Diana Trilling