 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (April 2016) |
Ben Greenman | |
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 Greenman at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | September 28, 1969 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Miami Palmetto Senior High School Yale University Northwestern University |
| Spouse | Gail Ghezzi |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Richard Greenman Bernadine Heller-Greenman |
Ben Greenman (born September 28, 1969) is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publishing executive who has written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, and others. His books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish, and more. From 2000 to 2014, he was an editor at The New Yorker. He now serves as executive editor of Auwa Books, an imprint founded by Questlove in collaboration with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.