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About this author

Kurt Andersen is the author of three novels -- Heyday (a New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2008 Langum Prize for historical fiction), Turn of the Century (a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book), and the new True Believers.

He is also host of the Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio program Studio 360, and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.

Previously, Kurt was a co-founder and editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine Spy, editor-in-chief of New York Magazine, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the design and architecture critic and cultural columnist for Time.


Average rating: 3.64 · 4,635 ratings · 978 reviews · 17 distinct works · Similar authors
True Believers
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
Heyday
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 796 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions
Turn of the Century
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions
Reset: How This Crisis Can ...
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
True Believers
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
The Real Thing: A Book That...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions
Reset
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009
Untitled Nonfiction
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings2 editions
Spark: How Creativity Works
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3.08 of 5 stars 3.08 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
Tools of Power
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980
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