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American journalist
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for biographies of major cultural figures, including
Reagan: An American Journey ,
[1] the New York Times bestsellers
The Beatles: The Biography
[2] and
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child , as well as books about
Bob Dylan and the
Woodstock festival .
Articles by Spitz appear regularly in
The New York Times Magazine ,
GQ ,
Conde Nast Traveler ,
Men's Journal ,
In Style ,
Esquire and
The Washington Post .
[3]
In his early career he worked as a manager for
Bruce Springsteen and
Elton John , beginning at
Wes Farrell 's Pocket Full of Tunes, a music publishing and production company. When
Mike Appel signed Bruce Springsteen, Spitz followed Appel.
[4]
Spitz lives in New York.
[3]
Nonfiction books
Reagan: An American Journey (
Penguin Press , 2018-10-02,
ISBN
978-1-59420-531-6 )
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
(end notes available on author's site) (
Alfred A. Knopf , 2012-08-07,
ISBN
9780307272225 )
[5]
[6]
The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe (
W. W. Norton and Company , 2008)
The Beatles: The Biography (
Little, Brown and Company , 2005)
Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969 (
W. W. Norton and Company , 1989)
Dylan: A Biography (
McGraw-Hill , 1988)
The Making of Superstars: Artists and Executives of the Rock Music Business (Anchor Press, 1978)
Led Zeppelin: The Biography (2021)
Juvenile nonfiction books
References
^
"Reagan, the Man: What Was He Really Like? | Art of Manliness" . 9 January 2019.
^
"The Legacy of the Beatles," CBS News, Sep 9, 2005
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a
b
Simon & Schuster Author Profile
^ Statham, Craig (2013). Springsteen: Saint In The City: 1949–1974 . Soundcheck Books.
ISBN
978-0957144231 .
^
Spitz, Bob (2012-08-07).
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child .
Alfred A. Knopf .
ISBN
9780307272225 . Archived from
the original on 2012-08-17.
^ Ien, Marci (2012-08-14).
"Biography reveals insecurities plagued Julia Child (Marci Ien interviews Bob Spitz, 05:11)" .
Canada AM .
^
Little, Brown and Company Kids official website
Archived July 23, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
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