Anthony Bozza
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Anthony Bozza is a New York City-based author and journalist who is most famous for his writing in Rolling Stone, for whom, in 1999, Bozza wrote the first in-depth profile of rapper Eminem to appear in a major publication. Bozza is also well-known for his bestselling books, Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem, Tommyland, the autobiography of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee as well as Slash, the autobiography of Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver's Slash. In 2008, Bozza's collaboration with comedian Artie Lange, on his autobiography Too Fat to Fish debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list. Bozza's next two books will be released in the fall of 2009. The first, Why AC/DC Matters is an analysis of the legendary rock band, while I Am The New Black is the autobiography of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live star Tracy Morgan. Bozza is also the co-founder, along with best-selling author Neil Strauss, of Igniter Literary Group, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers' It Books division. Igniter will publish four to six books a year, beginning in 2010.
[edit] Background
Anthony Bozza was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. He attended Friends Academy and Northwestern University. He worked briefly as an intern at Paper Magazine then at Rolling Stone Press, where his abilities lead to a full-time position in the magazine's music department. Bozza was quickly noted for his interviewing skills and helmed a variety of columns at Rolling Stone, including Random Notes for two years. He penned a wide array of cover stories and features, ranging from Jennifer Lopez to Trent Reznor to N'Sync to Eminem and Slash.[1]
