Warren Berger  
author & journalist

• After graduating from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications, I worked as a newspaper reporter, then became a magazine editor/writer. Eventually I decided to work for myself, and I’ve been doing that now for 15+ years—writing nonfiction books, magazine articles, novels, speeches, and blog posts.
  
  
• I write on a variety of subjects, but design and advertising particularly interest me. I like product design, graphic design, and design that can’t be easily categorized. I’m also interested in advertising—but only when it's unconventional, highly creative, and even downright weird. I’ve logged many hours inside the creative departments of top ad agencies in the U.S. and UK, studying the ways they dream up and assemble ads.
  
  
• I have a creative partner named Laura Kelly. We’re married and live in the New York area. Laura’s a top fiction and nonfiction editor, a veteran magazine editor, an impassioned literacy advocate, and a superb business manager. She’s always been an integral part of every project of mine.
  
  
• I have a highly-regarded agent, Sloan Harris at ICM New York, who does a terrific job representing my nonfiction work. I’m still trying to find the right agent for my fiction. Ideally, I’d like to alternate between writing fiction and nonfiction; I find they use different creative muscles, and I love both kinds of writing.

• I own a Welsh springer spaniel. This well designed, red-and-white hunting dog can spring six feet in the air and is also expert at flushing prey from the brush. So far, in our daily treks through the woods, he’s flushed nothing more exciting than a few startled squirrels.

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OFFICIAL BIO

Short Version

Warren Berger is an award-winning journalist and author who has written for The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Reader’s Digest, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Business 2.0, and New York magazine. His work appeared in the 2001 edition of Best Business Stories of the Year. He is the author of Glimmer, Advertising Today, Hoopla, and co-author of Nextville and No Opportunity Wasted, which appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also the founder and editor-at-large of ONE, an acclaimed national magazine focusing on advertising and design.                   (88 words)

Long Version

Warren Berger is an award-winning journalist and author who has published more than 100 features and cover stories for leading magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Gentlemen’s Quarterly (GQ), Reader’s Digest, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Business 2.0, and New York magazine. His work for Wired magazine was featured in the anthology book titled “Best Business Stories of the Year,” published in 2001 by Random House.

Berger is author of Advertising Today (Phaidon, 2001), which was named one of the “Best Books of 2001” by Barnes & Noble.  In 2005, the Independent of London named Advertising Today one of the 50 all-time best books about media. Berger is also co-author of the book No Opportunity Wasted (Rodale, 2004), featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2005. His book, Hoopla, about controversial new techniques in advertising, was published by Powerhouse Books in January 2007. He also co-authored Nextville with Barbara Corcoran, published in April 2008 by Hachette's Springboard Press. And his most recent book is Glimmer, about the power of design to transform the world, published in 2009 from The Penguin Press in the U.S. and Random House in Canada and Europe.

Throughout his career, Berger has been a leading journalist on the subjects of advertising and design. His writing about design has appeared on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Styles section, and his articles have also appeared regularly in the Sunday Arts & Leisure section of the Times. He has been a longtime contributing editor at the international design magazines Communication Arts, Graphis, and Metropolis. His writing on advertising and design also appears on The Huffington Post, where he is one of the featured bloggers.

He has appeared on television as a guest commentator on NBC’s Today Show with Katie Couric, as well as on CNN and ABC World News. On radio, he has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, as well as Studio 360 and many other radio programs and podcasts. Berger is also the founder and editor-at-large of One, an acclaimed national magazine that focuses on advertising and design.                    (350 words)