American journalist and author

Ben Greenman

Ben Greenman is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publisher who has written nearly thirty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, Steven Van Zandt, Sly Stone, and others. His books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish. From 2000 to 2014, he was an editor at The New Yorker. He now serves as executive editor of Auwa Books, an imprint founded by Questlove in collaboration with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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1969

September 28

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1960s

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Ben, in brief

Ben Greenman is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publisher who has written nearly thirty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons, Steven Van Zandt, Sly Stone, and others. His books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish. From 2000 to 2014, he was an editor at The New Yorker. He now serves as executive editor of Auwa Books, an imprint founded by Questlove in collaboration with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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