Bill Zehme

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Bill Zehme

Pen Name: None

Genre: Fiction, Non-Fiction

Born: 1958 in Chicago, Illinois

Website: N/A

Email: N/A

[edit] Illinois Connection

• Born in Chicago, Illinois

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

From Random House, Inc Publishing:

Recognized among the nation's more unique interpreters of popular culture, he is a longtime writer at large for Esquire, and his impressionistic profiles have appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Vanity Fair. During the six years of research for Lost in the Funhouse, he served as supervising producer of the network television retrospective Taxi: A Celebration and consulting producer of the NBC-TV special A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman.

[edit] Published Works

• (With David Rensin) The Bob Book, Dell, 1991

• (Author of Text) The Rolling Stone Book of Comedy, , 1991

• (With Regis Philbin) I`m Only One Man (biography), Hyperion, 1995

• (With Jay Leno) Leading With My Chin (biography), Harper Collins, 1996

• The Way You Wear Your Hat, Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin`, Harper Collins, 1997

• Lost in the Funhouse, The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman, Delacorte Press, 1999

• (With Regis Philbin) Who Wants to Be Me, Hyperion, 2000

• Intimate Strangers: Comic Profiles and Indiscretions of the Very Famous, Delta 2006

• Carson the Magnificent, Random House, 2007

• Hef's Little Black Book, HarperCollins (Kindle Edition) 2010

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

The Bob Book ISBN: 0440503124 Release Date: 1991-05-04 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Rolling Stone Book of Comedy ISBN: 0821218484 Release Date: 1991-11 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

I'm Only One Man ISBN: 078688911X Release Date: 1996-09-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Leading with My Chin ISBN: 0783885245 Release Date: 1999-04 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman ISBN: 0385333722 Release Date: 2001-01-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Who Wants to Be Me? ISBN: 0786867396 Release Date: 2000-09 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Intimate Strangers: Comic Profiles and Indiscretions of the Very Famous ISBN: 0385333749 Release Date: 2002-11-26 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait ISBN: 1400064724 Release Date: 2007-11-14 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

• The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin was a New York Times bestseller

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

Contact Agent:

Chris Calhoun

Sterling Lord Literaristic

65 Bleecker St., Floor 12

New York, New York 10012

[edit] External Links

Bill Zehme on WorldCat

Bill Zehme on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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