Scott Gummer
Scott Gummer | |
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2010.jpg) at home in Sonoma County, California, 2009 | |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist, editor |
| Education | University of Oregon, 1986 |
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| http://www.ScottGummer.com | |
Scott Gummer is an American writer and editor who grew up and now lives 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.
New York Times best-selling author Tom Perrotta wrote, "Parents Behaving Badly isn't just a sharp satire about Little League madness; it's also a shrewd and sympathetic portrait of a mid-life marriage. Scott Gummer writes with equal insight about wayward spouses and conniving coaches."
Gummer's previous works include Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine: The Curious Quest that Solved Golf [2][3] (Gotham, 2009); and The Seventh at St. Andrews [4] (Gotham, 2007). He also collaborated with comedian George Lopez, ghostwriting portions of his New York Times best-seller Why You Crying? (Touchstone, 2004)
Gummer also specializes in custom publishing official commemorative coffee table books for sport teams, includes editing Philadelphia Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition (2010) and writing Mac Court Memories (2010), the University of Oregon's illustrated history of the school's venerable campus arena. He is also the Executive Editor of America's Team: The Authorized History of the Dallas Cowboys (2010), Blazermania: This is Our Story - The Official History of Portland Trailblazers (2010), and the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011).
Formerly a staff writer with LIFE magazine, Gummer has contributed to over 40 magazines including Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated [5], Fortune [6], Child [7], and many more.
Career
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 toiling in the traffic department at Foote Cone & Belding advertising, Gummer switched to magazine editorial, starting out as a fact-checker at GQ magazine and later moving to LIFE. After returning to his native San Francisco Bay Area in 1992, he worked from 1995-1998 with entertainment software giant EA Sports as the product manager overseeing marketing for the NHL hockey and PGA Tour/Tiger Woods golf franchises. From 2003-2005 Gummer worked was Senior Writer/Travel Editor with GOLF magazine, after which he launched his career as an author.
Bibliography
AUTHOR
EDITOR
- Philadelphia Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition
- America's Team: The Authorized History of the Dallas Cowboys
- Blazermania: This is Our Story - The Official History of Portland Trailblazers
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.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2008-02/gw20080222whitten
- ^ 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/