Richard Ben Cramer

Richard Ben Cramer (b. 12 June 1950) is an American journalist and writer.

Biography

Cramer was raised in Rochester, New York and attended Johns Hopkins University earning a bachelor's degree in the Liberal Arts. He later went on to earn a masters degree at Columbia University. Cramer has worked as a journalist at several well known publications such as "The Philadelphia Inquirer", "The Baltimore Sun", "Esquire Magazine", and "Rolling Stone". He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1979 for reports from the Middle East. His work as a political reporter culminated in "What It Takes" about the 1988 Presidential election which is considered to be the seminal piece on presidential electoral politics. His book, "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" was a "New York Times" bestseller in 2000. He is an avid New York Yankees fan and lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. His most recent book is "How Israel Lost: The Four Questions", about the ways in which the Israeli occupation has corrupted the country's original shining vision. He is working on a new biography about baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

Books

* "Ted Williams: The Seasons of the Kid" (1991)
* "Bob Dole" (1994)
* "" (1998)
* "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" (2000)
* "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now? A Remembrance" (2002)
* "How Israel Lost: The Four Questions" (2004)