Howard Blum

Howard Blum
Howard Blum
Born	1948 (age 75–76)
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Horace Mann School
Alma mater	Stanford University
Genre	Non-fiction
Notable works	American Lightning
Notable awards	Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime, 2009
Spouse	Jane Davenport "Jenny" Cox (m. 1991; div.)
Children	Tony; Anna; Dani
Website
	www.howardblum.com

Howard Blum (/ˈblʌm/) (born 1948) is an American author and journalist. Formerly a reporter for The Village Voice^[1] and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair^[2]^[3] and the author of several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning.^[4]

Career

In 1986, Blum began working as a reporter for the New York Times, where he earned two Pulitzer Prize nominations.^[2] Since 1994, Blum has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.^[2] Several of his books were non-fiction bestsellers, including Gangland, Wanted, The Gold of Exodus, and The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation, and WWII.^[3] Additionally, a number of his works have been optioned for film.^[2] Miramax Films purchased the rights from Blum for six figures to turn The Brigade into a major motion picture, although it seems the movie was never made.^[3]^[5]

Personal life

Blum is the son of Harold K. Blum (1917–1984), an executive at the Kane Miller Corporation in Tarrytown, New York,^[6]^[7]^[8] and Gertrude Blum, a schoolteacher in New York City.^[6] For high school, Blum attended the Horace Mann School and earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, where he also received an M.A. in government in 1970.^[1]^[6] In January 1991, he married Jenny Cox, a book editor.^[6] They are divorced. He currently resides in Sag Harbor, New York and Connecticut.^[2]^[9] Howard is the brother of celebrity wedding planner Marcy Blum.

Bibliography

Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America (1977), New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., ISBN 0812906071
Wishful Thinking (1985), New York: Atheneum Books, ISBN 0689115431
I Pledge Allegiance--: The True Story of the Walkers: An American Spy Family (1987), New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0671626140
Out There: The Government's Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials (1990), New York, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0671662600
Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob (1993), New York: Pocket Books, ISBN 0671900153
The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery of the True Mount Sinai (1998), New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0684809184
The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation, and World War II (2001), New York: HarperCollins, ISBN 0060194863
The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (2003), New York: HarperCollins, ISBN 0060013990
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century (2008), New York: Crown Publishers, ISBN 0307346943
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush (2011), New York: Crown Publishers, ISBN 0307461726
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America (2014), New York: Crown Publishers, ISBN 0307461750
The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal (2016), HarperCollins, ISBN 0062307673
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies (2018), HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0062458248
Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin (2020), HarperCollins Publishers.
The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal (2022), HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 9780063054219

References

^ ^a ^b Whitty, Stephen (September 2008). "Terror Then, Stories Now". Stanford Magazine. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Contributing Editor: Howard Blum". vanityfair.com. Condé Nast Digital. 12 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Howard Blum profile". Harper Collins. Archived from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
^ "Search the Edgar® Award Winners and Nominees". Edgars Database. Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ Fleming, Michael (2000-01-06). "Blum's 'Brigade' marching to Miramax". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jenny Cox Is Wed To Howard Blum". The New York Times. 27 July 1991. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ "Obituary: Harold K. Blum". The New York Times. 13 November 1984. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ "Harold Blum, 'United States Social Security Death Index'". U.S. Social Security Administration - Death Master File. FamilySearch. November 1984. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
^ Zarker, Karen (15 September 2008). "20 Questions: Howard Blum". Popmatters.com. Popmatters Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.