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'''Theodore Porter "Tad" Friend''' (born September 25, 1962) is a staff writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' who writes the magazine's "Letter from California".

 

Born in [[Buffalo, New York]], Friend was raised there and in [[Swarthmore, Pennsylvania]] (where his father, [[Theodore Friend]], was president of [[Swarthmore College]]). He was educated at [[The Shipley School]] and [[Harvard University]].

 

* {{cite book |author=Friend, Tad |authormask=1 |title=Planet killers : a spine-tingling look at near-earth objects, mass extinctions, and the controversial science of planetary defense |location= |publisher=Byliner |year=2011 |type=eBook}}

 

* {{cite journal |author=Friend, Tad |authormask= |date=July 20, 1987 |title=Reunion |department=The Talk of the Town |journal=The New Yorker |volume= |issue= |pages=}}

* {{cite journal |author=Friend, Tad |authormask=1 |date=May 2, 1988 |title=Auction |department=The Talk of the Town |journal=The New Yorker |volume= |issue= |pages=}}