Bestselling author Tom Wolfe died Monday at a New York hospital at age 88.
Wolfe, a Richmond native, was interviewed by freelance writer Martha Steger in the April issue of Virginia Business.
Wolfe’s books — including “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” “The Right Stuff,” “Bonfire of the Vanities” and “A Man in Full”— helped shape public perception on topics ranging from the 1960s counterculture to the lives of the first U.S. astronauts while adding terms like “radical chic” to the lexicon.
Wolfe, a graduate of St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University and a doctorate in American studies at Yale University.
