Mark Patinkin is an American author and nationally syndicated columnist for the Providence Journal.
[1][2] He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for international reporting for his coverage of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
[citation needed] A graduate of Middlebury College, he lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Sheldon Patinkin, author, teacher, director, and one of the founding fathers of The Second City, was his second cousin.
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