Background
His father was the American journalist James Reston. Reston was born in New York City September 1, 1943 and raised in Washington, District of Columbia
His father was the American journalist James Reston. Reston was born in New York City September 1, 1943 and raised in Washington, District of Columbia
He attended Oxford University during his junior year.
He earned his Bachelor in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina) while on a Morehead Scholarship. At University of North Carolina, he was an All-South soccer player, and retains the single game scoring record for the university (5 goals against North Carolina State, October 18, 1962). Reston was an assistant to United States. Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall (1964–1965) and served in the United States. Army (1965–1968) as an intelligence officer
He was a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina (1971-1981).
Reston is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington District of Columbia and has been a fellow at the American Academy in Rome and a scholar in residence at the Library of Congress. Reston is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines.
He was awarded the Prix Italia and the Dupont-Columbia Award for his 1983 90-minute radio documentary on National Public Radio, Father Cares: the Last of Jonestown. Warriors of God and Collision at Home Plate have been optioned by Hollywood.
His latest work, The Accidental Victim, is a non-fiction book about John F. Kennedy"s assassination which argues that Texas Governor John Connally was Lee Harvey Oswald"s intended victim.
Reston"s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine, George, Esquire, American Theatre, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. In recent years he has lectured widely in the United States and overseas on the millennium and the Crusades, citing their relevance to modern issues.
