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

1. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/09/style/marisa-del-rosario-and-adam-begley-are-planning-to-be-married-in-june.html
2. http://neptune.observer.com/people/adam-begley
3. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=81589
4. http://www.observer.com/2009/media/observers-own-adam-begley-write-updike-bio-harpercollins
5. http://www.gf.org/fellows/16723-adam-begley
6. http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Centers-and-Institutes/Leon-Levy-Center-for-Biography/Fellowships/Biography-Fellows/Former-Biography-Fellows#begley

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