Michael Joseph Gross
Journalist and author
Michael Joseph Gross is an American journalist and author, and a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He wrote Starstruck, a book about celebrity culture.
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American Born 1970
About Michael Joseph Gross
Michael Joseph Gross was born in 1970. He went to Williams College, then did further study at Princeton Theological Seminary. After that he worked as a speechwriter for Massachusetts Governor William Weld. As a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has covered politics, technology and national security. He has also written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, GQ and Blender, and has appeared on TV and radio programs. His book Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame came out in 2006 from Bloomsbury Publishing.