Bob Spitz
{{short description|American journalist}}
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for biographies of major cultural figures, including Reagan: An American Journey,{{Cite web |url=https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-472-reagan-the-man/ |title=Reagan, the Man: What Was He Really Like? | Art of Manliness |date=9 January 2019}} the New York Times bestsellers The Beatles: The Biography[https://archive.today/20120701130706/http://atlantis2.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1108424n "The Legacy of the Beatles," CBS News, Sep 9, 2005] 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.[http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Bob-Spitz/34624986 Simon & Schuster Author Profile]
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.Statham, Craig (2013). Springsteen: Saint In The City: 1949–1974. Soundcheck Books. {{ISBN|978-0957144231}}.
Nonfiction books
- Reagan: An American Journey (Penguin Press, 2018-10-02, {{ISBN|978-1-59420-531-6}})
- Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child [https://web.archive.org/web/20120817233354/http://bobspitz.com/dearie/ (end notes available on author's site)] (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012-08-07, {{ISBN|9780307272225}}){{Cite book |last=Spitz |first=Bob |author-link=Marci Ien |title=Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |isbn=9780307272225 |date=2012-08-07 |url=http://bobspitz.com/dearie/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817233354/http://bobspitz.com/dearie/ |archive-date=2012-08-17 }}{{Cite web | last = Ien | first = Marci | title = Biography reveals insecurities plagued Julia Child (Marci Ien interviews Bob Spitz, 05:11) | publisher = Canada AM | date = 2012-08-14 | url = http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/biography-reveals-insecurities-plagued-julia-child-1.913561}}
- 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
- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World (Little, Brown and Company, 2007)[http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/kids_books_9780316115551.htm Little, Brown and Company Kids official website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723004120/http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/kids_books_9780316115551.htm |date=July 23, 2011}}
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Category:American male journalists
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