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Gavin Edwards
Edwards at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Edwards at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born1968 (age 55–56)
OccupationAuthor, journalist
NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University (BA)
SubjectMusic, pop culture
Years active1990–present
SpouseJennifer Edwards
Website
www.rulefortytwo.com

Gavin Edwards (born 1968) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. He has written 14 books, including The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing, and Bad Motherfucker:The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood. He co-wrote MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, a New York Times bestseller published in 2023. [1]

Early life and education

Edwards was born in New York to Scilla and James Edwards. He graduated from Yale University in 1990 with a BA in English.[2]

Career

Focused primarily on music, Edwards began working as a contributing editor and associate editor at Details in 1991. He later wrote for Wired, the New York Times and Rolling Stone, where, as a contributing editor, he wrote 12 cover stories.[3][4]

In 1995, Touchstone Books published the first of Edwards' five books on misheard lyrics, Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy. [5][6]

Edwards' 2016 book, The Tao of Bill Murray, consisted of a brief biography of Bill Murray, a 106-page filmography of 59 films, and a breakdown of the "10 Principles of Bill," a "kind of existentialist/Zen mashup that preaches a heightened awareness of the present."[7][8]

Personal life

Edwards and his wife, curator Jennifer Sudul Edwards, live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their son and daughter.[2][9]

Bibliography

  • MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, with Joanna Robinson and Dave Gonzales; Liverlight, October 2023 ISBN 978-1-63149-751-3
  • Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood; Hachette; October 2021; ISBN 0306924323
  • Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever; Dey St.; October 2019; ISBN 978-0062950741
  • The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy; Grand Central Publishing; October 2018; ISBN 978-1538712207
  • The Beautiful Book of Exquisite Corpses: A Creative Game of Limitless Possibilities; Penguin Books, August 2018 ISBN 978-0143132486
  • The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing; Random House; September 2016. ISBN 9780812998702
  • Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums Drums Drums (by Travis Barker with Gavin Edwards); HarperCollins; October 2015
  • Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind; It Books; October 2013
  • VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave (with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn); Atria Books; May 2013
  • Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed; Three Rivers Press; August 2006
  • Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly: And Other Misheard Christmas Lyrics; HarperPerennial; October 1998
  • When a Man Loves a Walnut: And Even More Misheard Lyrics; Fireside; November 1997
  • He's Got the Whole World in his Pants: And More Misheard Lyrics; Fireside; November 1996
  • 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: And Other Misheard Lyrics; Fireside; April 1995

References

  1. ^ "How Superheroes Took Over the Multiplex". The New York Times. 2023-10-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  2. ^ a b "WEDDINGS; Jennifer Sudul, Gavin Edwards". New York Times. May 26, 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ Edwards, Gavin. "Archives". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. ^ Martin, Rachel (October 27, 2013). "Author Interviews: Gavin Edwards". National Public Radio. NPR. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. ^ Picks and Pans staff (May 22, 1995). "Picks and Pans Review: 'scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy and Other Misheard Lyrics". People Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ^ Sternbergh, Adam (July 20, 2012). "Canceled Berets, Cross-Eyed Bears and Other Enduring Mondegreens". New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. ^ Teetor, Paul (August 29, 2016). "10 Ways to Live Life Like Bill Murray". Los Angeles Weekly. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  8. ^ "The Tao of Bill Murray". Kirkus Reviews. July 19, 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  9. ^ Washburn, Mark (May 24, 2015). "Curator as Dynamo". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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