Adam Begley
Adam C. Begley[1] (born 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American freelance writer, and was the books editor for the New York Observer from 1996–2009.[2]
Begley is the son of Sally (Higginson) and novelist Louis Begley. He graduated from Harvard College, and from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in 1989. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and the Financial Times.[3]
He lives with his wife, Anne Cotton, and stepchildren, in Oundle, Northamptonshire. He wrote a biography of author John Updike, published by HarperCollins in 2014.[4]
Awards
- 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship[5]
- 2011 Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship[6]
Works
- "Stendhal in Parma, Italy", The New York Times, December 27, 2009
- Literary Agents: A Writer’s Guide. Adam Begley, Debby Mayer, Penguin Books, 1993, ISBN 978-0-14-017215-7
- Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present, Adam Begley, Christopher Hitchens, Illustrator Edward Sorel, HARMONY, 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-40804-4
- The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors, Laura Miller, Adam Begley, Penguin Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-14-028088-3
- Updike, Adam Begley, Harper-Collins, New York, 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-189645-3
References
- ↑ "Marisa del Rosario and Adam Begley Are Planning to Be Married In June". The New York Times. 9 January 1983.
- ↑ http://neptune.observer.com/people/adam-begley[]
- ↑ "Adam Begley - Penguin Random House".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ↑ "Former Biography Fellows".
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