Adam Begley

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 Harry Houdini appeared in the Yale Jewish Lives series. He is a frequent contributor to the Paris Review's Art of Fiction series. He is currently at work on a book about Harvard College.^[8]

Works

Literary Agents: A Writer's Guide. Adam Begley, Debby Mayer, Penguin Books, 1993, ISBN 978-0-14-017215-7
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, ISBN 978-0-14-028088-3
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, ISBN 978-0-307-40804-4
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, ISBN 978-0-06-189645-3
The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera, Adam Begley, Tim Duggan Books, New York, 2017, ISBN 978-1-10-190260-8
Houdini: The Elusive American, Adam Begley, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2020, ISBN 978-0-300-23079-6

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