Harry Hurt III (born November 13, 1951)[1] is an American author and journalist.
He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Playboy.
His books include Texas Rich, a biography of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and family; and Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (1993), an unauthorized biography of real estate mogul and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
[1][3] He worked for the Texas Monthly in Austin, serving as senior editor from 1975 to 1986.
He later moved to Sag Harbor, New York, and married Alison Becker in 1993.