Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for his celebrity biographies, including the New York Times best seller The Beatles: The Biography.
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. He currently lives in Connecticut.
Nonfiction Books
“Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” (end notes available on author's site) (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012-08-07, ISBN 9780307272225)
“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)
Juvenile Nonfiction Books
“Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World” (Little, Brown and Company, 2007)