Buzz Bissinger
Pulitzer-winning journalist and author
Buzz Bissinger is a journalist and author who has won a Pulitzer Prize. He wrote Friday Night Lights, which became a film and a television series.
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Born 1954 in New York City, United States
About Buzz Bissinger
Buzz Bissinger was born in New York City in 1954. While working at the Philadelphia Inquirer, he received a Pulitzer for his investigative reporting. His book Friday Night Lights inspired a film and a television series. He also wrote 3 Nights in August, which reached the New York Times bestseller list. He has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a sports writer at the Daily Beast. His articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the New Republic and Time.