Richard Ben Cramer

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Richard Ben Cramer (born 12 June 1950) is an American journalist and writer.

Biography

Cramer was raised in Rochester, New York and attended Johns Hopkins University earning a bachelor's degree in the Liberal Arts. He later went on to earn a masters degree in journalism at Columbia University. Cramer has worked as a journalist at several well known publications such as The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, Esquire Magazine, and Rolling Stone. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1979 for reports from the Middle East.^[1] His work as a political reporter culminated in What It Takes: The Way to the White House about the 1988 Presidential election which is considered to be the seminal piece on presidential electoral politics. His book, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life was a New York Times bestseller in 2000. He is an avid New York Yankees fan and lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.^[2] His most recent book is How Israel Lost: The Four Questions, about the ways in which the Israeli occupation has corrupted the country's original vision. He is working on a new biography about baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

Books

• Ted Williams: The Seasons of the Kid (1991)
• What It Takes: The Way to the White House (1993)
• Bob Dole (1994)
• Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life (2000)
• What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now? A Remembrance (2002)
• How Israel Lost: The Four Questions (2004)

References

1. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?cid=730304#bio
2. ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?cid=730304#bio

External links

• Booknotes interview with Cramer on What It Takes, July 26, 1992

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