Noah Gordon (novelist)

Noah Gordon (born November 11, 1926) is an American novelist. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Early life and career.
Gordon was the son of a pawnbroker in Worcester, Massachusetts. He served in the US Army at the end of World War II. He reported for the "Worcester Telegram" until he was hired by the "Boston Herald" in 1959.
Personal life.
He had three children with his wife, Lorraine ("née" Seay).
Works and reception.
Some of the topics covered within his novels include medical history and medical ethics. More recently he has begun to focus more on themes relating to the Inquisition and Jewish cultural history.
Gordon's debut novel, "The Rabbi" spent 26 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1965. When publishing "The Physician", the book was picked up by Random House - Germany, which promoted the book in Europe, where Gordon became a very popular in Spain and Italy. His novel "The Last Jew" won "Que Leer Prize" (Spain) and "Boccaccio Literary Prize" (Italy). 
Though Gordon's reception internationally has been quite strong, as of 2015, the "Boston Globe" described Gordon as relatively unknown in the United States. "New York Times" writer Carey Goldberg described a similar tension between Gordon's widespread popularity in Germany and relative lack of awareness in the United States in 1996. 
His novel "Shaman" won the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1993.