Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for biographies of major cultural figures, including '' Reagan: An American Journey'', the ''New York Times'' bestsellers '' The Beatles: The Biography'' and '' Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child'', as well as books about

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

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. Articles by Spitz appear regularly in ''

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Wes Farrell Wesley Donald Farrell (December 21, 1939 – February 29, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Farrell was born in New York, United States. Farrell's catalogue incl ...

's Pocket Full of Tunes, a music publishing and production company. When Mike Appel signed Bruce Springsteen, Spitz followed Appel. Spitz lives in New York.

Nonfiction books

* ''Reagan: An American Journey'' (

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, 2018-10-02, ) * ''Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child'
(end notes available on author's site)
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, 2012-08-07, ) * ''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 Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries, it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emil ...

, 2005) * ''Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969'' ( W. W. Norton and Company, 1989) * '' Dylan: A Biography'' (

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, 1988) * ''The Making of Superstars: Artists and Executives of the Rock Music Business'' (Anchor Press, 1978) * '' Led Zeppelin: The Biography'' (2021)

Juvenile nonfiction books

* ''Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World'' (

, 2007)Little, Brown and Company Kids official website

References

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