Tony Schwartz (68) is famously known — or infamously known, depending on one’s point of view — for being the ghostwriter of the bestselling book Trump: The Art of the Deal. He says he has regretted his participation in the project for decades. Other books penned by Schwartz include What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom…
William Goldman (Aug. 12, 1931 – Nov. 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and All the President’s Men (1976). His other works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and his cult classic comedy/fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both…
Previously, we featured Ron Chernow, 71, in the Spotlight section of this website after he was the main speaker at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Now we feature him again in recognition of his writing Alexander Hamilton, the 2004 biography of one of America’s most notable Founding Fathers. Chernow’s book later became the inspiration…
David Litt was a speechwriter for President Barack Obama; he specialized in writing funny lines to be delivered by the president. (He began working in the White House at the age of 24.) His first book, comedic memoir Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, was a New York Times bestseller. His new book,…
Bruce Feiler, 55, has authored 15 books — six of which have appeared consecutively on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. Two of the titles are Council of Dads and Life Is In The Transitions. Feiler writes the “This Life” column in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and is a television…
Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, born in 1973, wrote Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield (2015) and The Dressmaker of Khair Khana (2011), both of which were on the The New York Times best-seller list. Her book Ashley’s War is being turned into a feature film…
Ben Mezrich, 51, has written more than 20 published books — including Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which was made into the movie 21. Other Mezrich titles include Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for…
Nathan Englander, 50, has penned two highly acclaimed compilations of short stories…
Nicole Krauss, 45, is a highly successful novelist and short-story writer. Her novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017) have been translated into 35 languages. Short-fiction works by Krauss have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire magazines. Quotes: “What is…
Herman Wouk (pronounced Wohk; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was best known as a writer of sweeping historical novels, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. The Caine Mutiny — which was made into an Oscar-winning feature film starring Humphrey Bogart — garnered Wouk a Pulitzer Prize. An…
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