About the Author

Thomas S. Hines is professor of history and architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner, Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture: A Biography and History, and William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha. He has contributed chapters to other books and has published essays, articles, and reviews in Architectural Record, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and the New York Times, among others. He has received many grants and awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Getty. In 1994 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.