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Fact File
| Name:
Buzz Bissinger
Also Known As:
H. G. Bissinger
Date of Birth:
November 1, 1954
Place of Birth:
New York, New York
| | Education:
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1976; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, 1985-1986
Awards:
Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1987; Friday Night Lights named Best Sports Book of the Past 25 Years by ESPN
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Advice for Rookie Writers
| "If you write with one eye on the bestseller list, all that is going to do is add to the pressure of what you are already doing," Bissinger advises aspiring writers in our interview. "So focus on the one thing you can control: the process of making what you are working on the very best it can be. Success will come, and success, of course, comes in all sorts of different ways."
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The Best Book to Read First
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| | Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
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H. G. Bissinger
Bissinger's bestseller highlights the bitter struggle between sports and education in Odessa, Texas, as well as in high schools and colleges nationwide. Friday Night Lights looks at both the social costs of football fever, and the perennial allure of student athletics. Lights was also adapted for the big screen as the film written and directed by Peter Berg and starring Billy Bob Thornton.
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| | Saturday
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Ian McEwan
When we asked Bissinger to tell us about some of his all-time favorite books, he mentioned Ian McEwan's Saturday. "Centered around single day in the life of a neurosurgeon in London, a mesmerizing book about midlife and desire and the ways in which we long to feel and stay connected," Bissinger reflects. Read our interview to find out what other books made the cut, including:
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