Christopher Andersen

For other people named Christopher Andersen, see Christopher Andersen (disambiguation).

Christopher Peter Andersen (born May 26, 1949) is an American journalist and the author of 30 books, including many bestsellers. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Andersen joined the staff of Time Magazine as a contributing editor in 1969.^[1] From 1974 to 1986 Andersen was senior editor of Time Incorporated’s People Magazine.^[2] He has also written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News,^[3] Life, and Vanity Fair.

While his early nonfiction books veered from psychology ('The Name Game') to true crime ('The Serpent’s Tooth') to art collecting ('The Best of Everything'), with former Sotheby’s chairman John Marion), he is best known for his controversial biographies. Between 1991 and 2008, he published 13 New York Times bestselling biographies.

Seven of Andersen’s titles have also been selected for the Readers Digest Today’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year series. In November 2008, NBC's Brian Williams presented Andersen with a Joan's Legacy Award for excellence in journalism regarding lung cancer, along with Ladies Home Journal, which excerpted the portion of his book Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve describing Dana Reeve's battle with lung cancer. The Day John Died and Madonna Unauthorized (1991) were made into television films.^[4]

Andersen has appeared frequently appears on TV programs such as Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, Larry King Live, the CBS Early Show, Dateline, Extra, The O’Reilly Factor, Inside Edition, and Hardball.^[5]

Married since 1972 to former international banker Valerie Hess, Andersen resides in Connecticut. They have two daughters—network TV news producer Katharine (b. 1980) and Kelly (1990).

Works

• The Name Game (1977)
• Father (1983)
• The Serpent's Tooth (1986)
• Young Kate: Katharine Hepburn and the Making of an American Legend (1988)
• The Best of Everything (with John Marion) (l989)
• Citizen Jane (1990)
• Madonna: Unauthorized (1991)
• Jagger: Unauthorized (1993)
• Michael Jackson: Unauthorized" (1994)
• Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage (1996)
• An Affair to Remember (1997)
• Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady (1998)
• The Day Diana Died (1998)
• Bill and Hillary: The Marriage (1999)
• The Day John Died (2000) (about John F. Kennedy, Jr.)
• Diana’s Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved (2001)
• George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage (2002)
• Sweet Caroline: Last Child of Camelot (2003)
• American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path to Power (2004)
• Barbra: The Way She Is (2006)
• After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor (2007)
• Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve (2008)
• Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage (2009) ^[6]
• William and Kate: A Royal Love Story (2010)

References

1. ^ http://search.time.com/results.html?N=0&Nty=1&Ntt=Christopher+Andersen&x=17&y=18&p=0&cmd=tags&srchCat=Full+Archive
2. ^ http://search.people.com/TIISearch/people/search/search.html?search=Christopher+Andersen&bu=&searchSubmit.x=19&searchSubmit.y=17
3. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Christopher+Andersen
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026114/
5. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/obama-said-jesus-i-wish-t_n_294653.html
6. ^ http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/?authorid=205

External links

• "Christopher Andersen", Bookreporter
• 'After Diana' Q&A With Christopher Andersen, CAROLINE HOWARD

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