Nick McDonell
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Nick McDonell (born in Manhattan on February 18, 1984 as Robert Nicholas McDonell) is an American writer. He will graduate from Harvard College in January 2007.
He wrote the novel Twelve in 2002, at age 17. The subject of the novel is drug addiction among wealthy Manhattan teenagers. The publication of McDonell's novel at such a young age was the subject of many articles in high-profile publications such the New Yorker and Entertainment Weekly. McDonell's book deal came out of a family connection - his uncle who was an senior editor at a publishing house.
McDonell's father, Terry "Big Sky" McDonell, is the managing editor of Sports Illustrated magazine, and was a friend of the late Hunter S. Thompson; they met because they both worked at Rolling Stone magazine.
Nick McDonell's second novel, The Third Brother (ISBN 0-8021-1802-X), was released in September of 2005, and tells the story of a 19-year-old Harvard student who is deeply affected by time he spends in Bangkok working as an intern reporter. McDonell himself interned for Time Asia, under then managing editor Karl Taro Greenfeld--who now works for his father at SI.
