He has also written several books on the history of nuclear weapons and the Cold War. His salary is not known.
Richard Rhodes is a Non-Fiction Author with a net worth of $1.6 Million. He was born in 1937 and is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning work, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. He has written several books on the history of nuclear weapons and the Cold War, as well as biographies of John James Audubon and Hedy Lamarr. His salary is unknown.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $1.6 Million (2024)
About
An author of both fiction and non-fiction, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1986 work, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. His other notable works include a 2004 biography of the famous nature artist, Hedy Lamarr.
Before Fame
His memoir, A Hole in the World, describes his childhood in Kansas and Missouri with an abusive stepmother (his mother committed suicide when he was a child). He attended Yale University on a full scholarship, graduating with honors in the late 1950s.
Trivia
He published a Holocaust-themed non-fiction work, Masters of Death, in 2002.
Family Life
He married Dr. Ginger Rhodes. The couple settled in California and had two children.
Associated With
He and Craig Flournoy were both 1986 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize.
