Anthony Bozza

Anthony Bozza is a New York City-based author and journalist who is most famous for his writing in Rolling Stone. Bozza is also well-known for his bestselling books on musicians which include rapper Eminem and hard rock band AC/DC as well as his work as co-author on the autobiographies of artists which include Slash, INXS, and Tommy Lee.

Background

Anthony Bozza was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. He attended Friends Academy and Northwestern University. He worked briefly as an intern at Paper Magazine then at Rolling Stone Press, where his abilities lead to a full-time position in the magazine's music department. Bozza was quickly noted for his interviewing skills and helmed a variety of columns at Rolling Stone, including Random Notes for two years. He penned a wide array of cover stories and features, including articles on Jennifer Lopez, Trent Reznor, N'Sync, Eminem and Slash.^[1]

Bozza turned his multiple features on Eminem into his first book, Whatever You Say I Am, a biography of the rap star that also focused on what his status as a white rapper meant for race and culture in America. This led to book-length collaborations with Tommy Lee, Slash and Artie Lang, among others. Bozza's next project is a biography of Wyclef Jean of The Fugees.

One of Bozza's current projects is as co-founder, along with best-selling author Neil Strauss, of Igniter Literary Group, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers' It Books division. Igniter will publish four to six books a year, beginning in 2010.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

*Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem (2004)

*Why AC/DC matters (2009)

As co-author

*Tommyland with Tommy Lee (2005)

*INXS: Story to Story with INXS (2005)

*Slash with Slash (2007)

*Too Fat to Fish with Artie Lange (2008)

*I am the New Black with Tracy Morgan (2009)

References

External links

• Official website
• Inspiring interview with Anthony Bozza and SUBvert magazine