Richard Bradley (writer)
Richard Bradley (born Richard Blow; 1964) is an American writer and journalist.[1]
Life and career
Bradley graduated from Yale University in 1986, and began working at The New Republic in Washington, D.C., followed by Regardie's magazine. He thereafter earned a master's degree in American history from Harvard University. Bradley returned to Regardie's in 1992 as editor-in-chief, and became one of the original editors of George magazine in 1995.
His first book, American Son, about John F. Kennedy Jr. and George magazine, was a nonfiction bestseller, reaching #1 on the nonfiction New York Times Bestseller List. The book generated controversy because Bradley violated a confidentiality agreement by writing it.[2] GQ magazine remarked that the book “oozed necrophilia,” and as David Carr recounted in The New York Times, “'Richard Blow' became a synonym for New York publishing ambition, the very portrait of a man who saw his chance and took it. Some critics noted that Mr. Bradley fired two George writers, Lisa DePaulo and Douglas Brinkley, for speaking to the press about their infinitely famous boss after Mr. Kennedy's death in 1999, and then turned around to write his own account.” [3]
He changed his surname from Blow to Bradley (his mother's maiden name) prior to releasing his second book in 2005, Harvard Rules, about Harvard president Lawrence Summers.[4] His 2008 book The Greatest Game is about the one-game playoff between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox on October 2, 1978.[5][6]
In 2008, Bradley was named editor-in-chief for the 2009 re-launch of Worth magazine.[7]
In November 2014, recalling his prior involvement with noted fabricator Stephen Glass while at George, Bradley was one of the first serious journalists to question the gang-rape story related in the December 2014 Rolling Stone article A Rape on Campus.[8][9]
Bibliography
- American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr. (2002) (as Richard Blow)
- Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World’s Most Powerful University (2005)
- The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78 (2008)
References
- ^ David Carr (February 17, 2005). "Amid the Firestorm, a Portrait of Harvard". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
Even his name, Richard Bradley, seems perfectly chosen, as it was. Mr. Bradley was born Richard Blow in 1964. But before publishing "Harvard Rules," he decided to adopt his mother's maiden name. In doing so, he may lose some of the baggage his birth name carried, particularly after he disavowed a confidentiality agreement to write a hagiographic book about Mr. Kennedy, for whom he had worked at George magazine.
- ^ Kelly, Keith J. (17 November 2004). The Big Blow by Blow - Author Changing Last Name as New Book Is due, New York Post
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDB133AF934A25751C0A9639C8B63
- ^ Carr, David (17 February 2005). Amid the Firestorm, a Portrait of Harvard, The New York Times
- ^ Nowlin, Bill. The game that put a Dent in Sox fans' dreams, Boston Globe
- ^ Reider, Abigail (25 February 2005). Bradley ’86 predicted Summers maelstrom, Yale Daily News
- ^ Miley, Marissa (15 April 2009). Worth Relaunches as Even More Exclusive Title for Ultra-Rich, Ad Age
- ^ McCoy, Terrence (8 December 2014). The epic Rolling Stone gang-rape fallout — and how major publications get it wrong, The Washington Post
- ^ Bradley, Richard (24 November 2014). Is the Rolling Stone Story True?, RichardBradley.net
External links
- RichardBradley.net (official website)