William Novak

William Novak (born 1948[1]) is a Canadian–American author who has co-written or ghostwritten numerous celebrity memoirs for people including Lee Iacocca, Nancy Reagan,[2] and Magic Johnson.[3] He is also the editor, with Moshe Waldoks, of The Big Book of Jewish Humor.[4] He has also written several "private" books, which he described in a 2015 essay for The New York Times.[5]

He is the father of actor and writer B. J. Novak and composer Jesse Novak. He is Jewish.[3][4]

  1. ^ "William Novak". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ghostwriter von Nancy Reagan – Business And Science" (in German). Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Getlin, Josh (September 17, 1992). "Ghost to the Stars : William Novak Is the Invisible Writer Behind Memoirs by Lee Iacocca, Nancy Reagan and—Soon—Magic Johnson". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Heilman, Uriel (November 19, 2006). "Jewish joke book turns 25". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Novak, William (July 11, 2015). "Writing Books Very Few Will Read". Retrieved June 11, 2016.