Connie Bruck

Connie Bruck is an American journalist and a reporter on subjects covering business and politics. She has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1989. Before joining The New Yorker, she was a staff writer at The American Lawyer for nine years. Her stories have also appeared in the Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Atlantic Monthly.

Bruck is married to Mel Levine, a lawyer and former American politician.

Awards and recognition

• Her article on Ivan Boesky in The Atlantic won the 1984 John Hancock Award for excellence in business and financial reporting.
• Her profile of Newt Gingrich in The New Yorker titled “The Politics of Perception” won the 1996 National Magazine Award for Reporting.
• Bruck's article "Deal of the Year" in The New Yorker won the 1991 National Magazine Award for Reporting.

Bibliography

Books

• The Predators' Ball: The junk-bond raiders and the man who staked them , Simon & Schuster, New York, 1988, ISBN 067161780X
• Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994, ISBN 0671725742
• When Hollywood Had a King: The reign of Lew Wasserman, who leveraged talent into power and influence, Random House, New Hork, 2003, ISBN 0375501681

Selected journal articles

• Bruck, Connie (January 16, 2012). "The man who owns L.A." The World of Business. The New Yorker. 87 (44): 46–57. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
• Bruck, Connie (May 1, 2017). "A Hollywood story : did the movies really make Steve Bannon?". The Political Scene. The New Yorker. 93 (11): 34–45. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
  • Booknotes interview with Bruck on When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence, July 20, 2003.