Louisa Thomas | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
Occupation | Journalist • author |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Partner | John Urschel |
Children | 1 |
Louisa Thomas (born 1981) is an American writer and sports journalist.
Thomas is the daughter of journalist and Newsweek editor Evan Thomas and Washington, D.C. attorney Oscie Thomas. [1]
Thomas graduated from Harvard University.
Thomas is a contributor to The New Yorker and a former editor and writer at Grantland. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and The Paris Review. Thomas has published two books: 2017's Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, a biography of First Lady Louisa Adams, and 2011's Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family—a Test of Will and Faith in World War I, about the moral conflicts her family endured during World War I and focusing on her pacifist great-grandfather, Norman Thomas. She is a former fellow at New America. [2]
Though much of Thomas's writing is about sports, it is influenced by her studies of poetry; she cites Wallace Stevens as a major influence. [1]
Thomas's first marriage resulted in divorce. Her second is to mathematician and former NFL player John Urschel. They have one daughter. [3] Urschel's autobiography, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, was co-written by Thomas and published in 2019. [4] [5]
External media | |
---|---|
Audio | |
![]() | |
Video | |
![]() |