Thomas Hauser (New York, 1946) started writing at the end of the seventies . Since then, he has written about fifty books in a wide variety of fields – from professional boxing to Beethoven.

His first book about journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared during the military coup in Chile in 1973, was nominated for numerous awards, and served as basis for the film Gone (1982), which won an Oscar in 1983.

After meeting in 1988, Thomas Hauser and Muhammad Ali became are close friends. A big fan of boxing, Hauser wrote several a book on Muhammad's life and career. Muhammad Ali: The Life Story - the most famous biography of one of the greatest and most provocative athletes of all time – she was nominated in the category journalism for the two most important American literary awards - Pulitzer and the National Literary Award .

Thomas Hauser is the winner of numerous awards. Since 2012, he has been a consultant for a sports show on HBO, and also writes for the website SecondsOut.