Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer.
He was 80. Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine in 1982 for his account of the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation.
He also received praise and awards for Mountains Beyond Mountains, his 2003 biography of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health.
John Tracy Kidder (November 12, 1945 – March 24, 2026) was an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. Kidder received praise and awards for other works, including Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003), a biography of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, the founder of Partners in Health.