Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for biographies of major cultural figures, including 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 (ISBN 978-1-59420-531-6)
- Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (end notes available on author's site) (
- 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)
- 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)[7]
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
- ^ a b Simon & Schuster Author Profile
- ISBN 978-0957144231.
- ISBN 9780307272225. Archived from the originalon 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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