Scott Gummer
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Scott Gummer is an American writer and editor based in the Northern California wine country.
He is the author of three books including the novel Parents Behaving Badly[1] (Touchstone, 2011), a suburban satire about youth sports gone wild.
His previous works include Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest that Solved Golf[2][3][4] (Gotham, 2009); and The Seventh at St. Andrews[5] (Gotham, 2007). He also collaborated with comedian George Lopez, ghostwriting portions of his New York Times best-seller Why You Crying?[6] (Touchstone, 2004)
The editor of Philadelphia Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition[7], he is also the Executive Editor of America's Team: The Authorized History of the Dallas Cowboys[8] and Blazermania: This is Our Story - The Official History of Portland Trailblazers[9]
Formerly a staff writer with LIFE magazine, Gummer has contributed to over 40 magazines including Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated[10], Fortune[11], Child[12], and more.
Professional life
Gummer graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism in 1986 and moved to New York City to work on Madison Avenue. After 18 months as a traffic coordinator at Foote Cone & Belding advertising, Gummer switched to magazine editorial, starting out as a fact-checker at GQ magazine and later moving to LIFE magazine. After moving back to his native San Francisco Bay Area in 1992, he worked from 1995-1998 with software giant EA SPORTS as the product manager overseeing marketing for the NHL hockey and PGA Tour/Tiger Woods golf computer and videogame franchises. From 2003-2005 Gummer worked was Senior Writer/Travel Editor with GOLF magazine, after which he launched his career as an author.
References
- ^ http://www.parentsbehavingbadly.com
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/sports/golf/25golfbook.html
- ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/tag/scott+gummer/?cid=bsa:related3
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Homer-Kelleys-Golfing-Machine-Curious/dp/1592404529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233250171&sr=8-1
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Seventh-St-Andrews-Scotsman-onGolfs/dp/1592403220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233250100&sr=8-1
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Why-You-Crying-Long-Laughter/dp/0743259947/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282696608&sr=1-1
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Phillies-Extraordinary-Tradition/dp/1933784865/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282695377&sr=1-1
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Team-Authorized-History-Cowboys/dp/160887009X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281705733&sr=1-1+
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Blazermania-Official-History-Portland-Trailblazers/dp/160887012X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281705652&sr=1-1
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147056/index.htm
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/06/23/344577/index.htm
- ^ http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/international/call-of-the-wild/