Adam Begley Explained
Adam C. Begley[1] (born 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American biographer. He was the books editor for The New York Observer from 1996 to 2009.[2]
Begley is the son of Sally (Higginson) and novelist Louis Begley. He graduated from Harvard College in 1982, and from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in English and American literature in 1989.His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian,[3] The Times Literary Supplement,[4] The Spectator,[5] and The Atlantic.[6]
He lives with his wife, Anne Cotton, in Great Gidding, Cambridgeshire. His stepdaughter is the novelist and art critic, Chloë Ashby. He is the author of biographies of John Updike[7] and the 19th-century French photographer Nadar. His biography of Houdini appeared in the Yale Jewish Lives series. He is a frequent contributor to the Paris Reviews Art of Fiction series. He is currently at work on a book about Harvard College.[8]
Awards
Works
- Literary Agents: A Writer's Guide. Adam Begley, Debby Mayer, Penguin Books, 1993,
- The Art of Fiction No. 135: Don DeLillo, Paris Review, 1993
- The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors, Laura Miller, Adam Begley, Penguin Books, 2000,
- The Art of Fiction No. 173: Ian McEwan, Paris Review, 2002
- The Art of Fiction No. 179: Jim Crace, Paris Review, 2003
- Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present, Adam Begley, Christopher Hitchens, Illustrator Edward Sorel, HARMONY, 2009,
- The Art of Fiction No. 204: David Mitchell, Paris Review, 2010
- The Art of Finction No. 236: Ali Smith, Paris Review, 2017
- Updike, Adam Begley, Harper-Collins, New York, 2014,
- The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera, Adam Begley, Tim Duggan Books, New York, 2017,
- Houdini: The Elusive American, Adam Begley, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2020, ISBN 978-0-300-23079-6
Notes and References
- Web site: Marisa del Rosario and Adam Begley Are Planning to Be Married In June. 9 January 1983. The New York Times.
- http://neptune.observer.com/people/adam-begley observer.com
- Web site: Adam Begley – Penguin Random House .
- Web site: American freestyle . 2023-12-21 . TLS . en-GB.
- Web site: Begley . Adam . 2019-10-31 . Meet Dr Love: the infallibly seductive, pioneering French gynaecologist . 2023-12-21 . The Spectator . en-US.
- Web site: Begley . Adam . 2022-09-09 . Ian McEwan's Anti-Memoir . 2023-12-21 . The Atlantic . en.
- Web site: The Observer's Own Adam Begley to Write Updike Bio for HarperCollins | the New York Observer . . 2010-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616064652/http://www.observer.com/2009/media/observers-own-adam-begley-write-updike-bio-harpercollins . 2011-06-16 .
- Web site: A New York critic's gluttony for books and food . 2023-12-21 . TLS . en-GB.
- Web site: Adam Begley - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 2010-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100421120005/http://www.gf.org/fellows/16723-adam-begley . 2010-04-21 .
- Web site: Former Biography Fellows.