About William Poundstone
Born 1955. William Poundstone is an American biographer, journalist, author and columnist.
William Poundstone is an American author, columnist, and skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of Carl Sagan.
Early life and education Poundstone attended MIT and studied physics.
Personal life An enthusiastic fan of the fiction author Harry Stephen Keeler, Poundstone maintains the Keeler homepage and contributed to the anthology A to Izzard: A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion (2002).
He is a cousin of comedian Paula Poundstone.
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American writer
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William Poundstone was born on 29 March 1955.
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