E. L. Doctorow thinks the best writers are a nuisance to authority because they prefer the uncomfortable truth to the comfortable lie. In such novels as RAGTIME and BOOK OF DANIEL reality and myth mingle to reveal hidden comers of American history. His most recent novel is BILLY BATHGATE. Award(s) won: George Foster Peabody Award for the series A WORLD OF IDEAS with Bill Moyers aired in 1988 and 1990. The half-hour episodes featured scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, historians -- some well-known, many never before seen on television.
