Kotz was born in
San Antonio, Texas. As a reporter for the
Des Moines Register and the
Washington Post, and as a freelance writer, Nick Kotz won many of journalism's most important honors, including the
Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence, the
Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, and the first
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award. His study of American military leadership won the
National Magazine Award for public service. His book
Wild Blue Yonder: Money, Politics, and the B-1 Bomber won the Olive Branch Award. ==Works==