The Extravagant Secret Life of a Handbag Salesman, as Told by His Son

In an affecting new memoir, Tom Junod, a prizewinning magazine writer, grapples with unsettling discoveries about his ...
Atlanta Magazine

In his memoir, Tom Junod excavates the family secrets that made him who he is today

Writer Tom Junod grew up in the long shadow of Big Lou—a dazzling, ruthless womanizer—and spent a decade excavating the myth ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta writer Tom Junod gets the last word on father’s duplicitous life

In his new memoir, the award-winning writer and journalist exposes disturbing family secrets that stretch back generations ...
Grub Street on MSN

Tom Junod is a Waffle House regular

“There are very few things on any menu anywhere in the U.S. as good as Waffle House cheese eggs.” ...

In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man review: Fathers and sons

Tom Junod was in awe of his charismatic father. Their relationship was deeply affectionate and equally complex.

Tom Junod Would Like to Tell You About His Father

His profile of Frank Sinatra Jr., published in GQ in 1994, about a sensitive son living in the shadow of a domineering ...
Long Island Press

Magazine journalist, Long Island native Tom Junod explores family secrets

Long Island native Tom Junod is known for getting to the heart of complex stories. A two-time National Magazine Awards winner ...
Times Union

Tom Junod's jagged path from UAlbany to journalistic acclaim

The only journalism course that Tom Junod — one of the nation's most acclaimed journalists as a two-time National Magazine Award winner and 10-time finalist — ever took was Fred LeBrun's Journalism ...