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American author and journalist (born )

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Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, ) is an American author, journalist, and musician. As of , he has sold 40 million books worldwide.^[1] Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing inspirational stories and themes—a preeminent early one being Tuesdays with Morrie.

Early life

Albom was born on May 23, , in Passaic, New Jersey; he lived in Buffalo, New York for a little while until his family settled in Oaklyn, New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia.^{[2][third-party source needed]} He is of Jewish descent.^[3]

Albom earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in from Brandeis University.

After forays into music and journalism, returned to academia to earn graduate master's degrees in journalism (at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism), and business (from Columbia The Rory Gilmore Reading List – bookhoarding BUXYJ