Adam Begley

Adam Begley was books editor of The New York Observer from 1996 to 2009. His biography of John Updike will be published by HarperCollins in April.

In Memoriam

Lunch with Peter Kaplan

Famed New York Observer editor Peter Kaplan died Friday. Adam Begley, who was books editor of the newspaper for twelve years, remembers their lunches.

Adam Begley

The Biographer’s Song

A Life Lived Loud

Adam Begley on a sloppy and insipid biography that doesn’t do justice to Norman Mailer’s life.

Adam Begley

Book of the Dead

‘One Relishes the Pain’

<p>The English novelist Julian Barnes lost his wife several years ago, and in <i>Levels of Life</i> he writes his way through grief. Adam Begley on an unconventional memoir/story/essay.</p>

Adam Begley