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A. Scott Berg

Winner, 1980 National Book Awards

A. Scott Berg is the author of five biographies, including Lindbergh, which won the Pulitzer Prize. A graduate of Princeton University, Berg lives in Los Angeles.
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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

Book cover Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
ISBN 9780425223376 Penguin / Washington Square Press

The talents he nurtured as an editor were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as book editor extraordinaire but also as critic, career manager, money-lender, psychoanalyst, father-confessor, and friend. More about this book >

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A. Scott Berg

A. Scott Berg is the author of five biographies, including Lindbergh, which won the Pulitzer Prize. A graduate of Princeton University, Berg lives in Los Angeles.

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