Rob Kirkpatrick

Rob Kirkpatrick is an American author and editor.

Biography

Rob Kirkpatrick was born and raised in upstate New York.

Kirkpatrick wrote 1969: The Year Everything Changed, published in 2009 for the 40th anniversary of that year. 1969 was featured in a two-page story by Craig Wilson (columnist) in USA Today.^[1] The book received positive reviews from Booklist, which called it "A riveting look at a pivotal year,"^[2] and Library Journal, which said, "In this compelling account, Kirkpatrick treats the tumultuous events of 1969 with the skills of a journalist, a historian, a sociologist, and a sportswriter and manages to insert moments of lightness and triviality into his grand tour." ^[3]

He is also the author of Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen as well as Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators: The War-Torn Career of an All-Star Shortstop.

Kirkpatrick has appeared as a guest DJ on Sirius XM Radio's E Street Radio and as a commentator in the History (TV channel) documentary Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America. He also writes about film, music, sports, and cultural issues for The Huffington Post.

In addition to writing his own books, Rob works in the book publishing industry as an acquisitions editor. He has published such authors as Bud Harrelson, Kurt Loder, Leon Hendrix, Sean Lahman, Linda Cohn, John Hemingway, Mark Oliver Everett of the Eels (band), Tom Ridge, and Gordon Thomas (author).^[4] In 2012 he published the first book on baseball phenom Bryce Harper shortly after the player made his rookie debut with the Washington Nationals. Kirkpatrick also has acquired the publishing rights to forthcoming memoirs from marathon legend Bill Rodgers (athlete) and iconic tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy.

Selected works

The Quotable Sixties (Lyons, 2006)

1969: The Year Everything Changed (Skyhorse, 2009; trade paperback, 2011)

Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators: The War-Torn Career of an All-Star Shortstop (U Nebraska/Bison, 2009)

Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen (St. Martin's Griffin, 2009)

External links

• Official web site Accessed 2011-07-23.
• USA Today feature on 1969 Accessed 2011-07-23.

References

1. ^ Craig Wilson, "'1969': The year, and a book, that defined an era," USA Today, usatoday.com, January 26, 2009. Accessed 2011-07-23.
2. ^ "1969: The Year Everything Changed" (review), Booklist, January 1 & 15, 2009
3. ^ Thomas A. Karel, "1969: The Year Everything Changed" (review), Library Journal, February 1, 2009.
4. ^ "About Rob," http://www.robkirkpatrick.com/blog/about/